Chapter 42, Ancient Acacia

In the face of the old man, Yan Liang did not relent, and the pavilion master ordered him to obey unconditionally. The cold light flashed and the sword pierced through the back of the old man's head, so that the old man would only feel a little cold, but not half of the pain.

"You. Yan Liang drew his sword and turned to look at the woman who had forgotten to run away in fear.

"Why are you here?" Yan Liang's long narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and in the next moment, he flashed in front of the woman, and the hilt of the sword smashed down the woman's whole body and collapsed.

Yan Liang picked up the woman and set off again.

On the thirty-third floor of the Peak Tower, Lin Zheng drank honey wine, as if sitting on top of the thirty-three days, watching this rare sea of mountains and fire.

Boom.

Yan Liang threw the woman on the floor, and a dull sound was heard.

"Did you see it in the former governor's mansion?" Lin Zheng asked when he saw this, Yan Liang was not the kind of person who robbed the people's daughters, if it was Shen Yueting, Lin Zheng would be more convinced.

"Yes. Yan Liang nodded, and his colleague presented the letter to Lin Zheng. The letter was not sealed, but Yan Liang did not check even a word, he would never do anything arrogant.

Lin Zheng took out the letter paper, every word on the letter made Lin Zheng's eyes more and more gloomy, and after reading the whole letter, Lin Zheng's face was almost cloudy.

"Pavilion Master. Yan Liang asked worriedly.

Lin Zheng took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, and his gloomy face returned.

"Li Jiunian wants to establish Wudang as the state religion. Lin Zheng's voice stated in a calm but slightly undulating voice, which showed that he was unhappy in his heart, and he was trying his best to suppress it at this time.

"National Religion ......" Yan Liang muttered, and he suddenly understood in his heart that the person he met in Wudang Mountain that day was Li Jiunian himself.

"Call Li Yulai. Lin Zheng was uneasy, although he tried his best to become an immortal, but this huge Heavenly Master Pavilion could not be left behind, in the future, he was ready to entrust him after the Heavenly Master Pavilion re-became the state religion, and the Zhou Dynasty would not fall into the Heavenly Master Pavilion, and naturally it would not decline.

"Li Jiunian, easy to calculate. Lin Zheng knew that Li Jiunian was sure that he would not break his promise and would keep his promise to the Heavenly Master no matter what, so he secretly arranged to buy Wudang Mountain, so that he had two major helps.

"Pavilion Master. Yan Liang didn't delay at all, and Li Yu rushed to the scene with all his might.

"See. Lin Zheng handed the letter to Li Yu.

Li Yu kept frowning after reading it, obviously he also understood Li Jiunian's intentions.

"What do you think?" Lin Zheng asked Li Yu.

"This matter is difficult to decide, Li Jiunian secretly reached a consensus with Wudang Mountain, it may be hiding from us, or painting cakes for Wudang Mountain, after all, who can prove what Li Jiunian said without telling the world?" Li Yu analyzed the matter.

"For Wudang Mountain, it is to hide from us and treat us as chess pieces, and no one knows about us because we are painting cakes for Wudang Mountain. Lin Zheng shook his head and rubbed his eyebrows, no matter what Li Jiunian expected, he would help the Zhou Dynasty survive this catastrophe, otherwise he would break his promise.

"This matter is not to be heard. Lin Zheng looked at Shen Yueting as he spoke.

Shen Yueting understood that this was another reminder to himself, so he immediately nodded.

"Li Yu, have you found anything on this Zhuying Mountain?" Lin Zheng nodded, he was still very satisfied with Shen Yueting, it could be said that Shen Yueting was one of the candidates he entrusted to the Heavenly Master Pavilion in the future.

"I was about to say that there is a heavy treasure on this Zhuying Mountain. Li Yu looked slightly excited.

"What kind of treasure is it?" Lin Zheng couldn't help but be curious when he saw that Li Yu, who had always been steady, was so excited.

"The pavilion master will follow me to Zhu Yingshan and you will know it when you see it. Li Yu got up and led the way.

After the fire, Zhu Yingshan's life was devastated, leaving only black charcoal and terrifying heat, and walking in it was no different from walking in purgatory.

Lin Zheng and the three of them walked all the way with Li Yu, and there were many black armor soldiers on the road to clean up the battlefield, pick up the armor clothes and transport them to the mountain, and after these captured armors were sent back to Shuzhou for smelting, a new batch of black armor was produced.

Several people came to the top of the mountain.

Directly in front of it is a 5,000-year-old ancient acacia that can only be hugged by five people, and the ancient acacia is vigorous and majestic, lush and prosperous, and at first glance it seems to stand up to the sky.

At this time, the ancient acacia was already scorched, and every leaf was swallowed by the fire, but from a distance, everyone could still perceive the livelihood of the ancient tree.

"I'm afraid the roots of this tree are already all over the mountain, right?" Shen Yueting stepped forward and sighed as he looked at the winding roots.

Lin Zheng looked at Shen Yueting standing under the tree, and he felt a sense of trembling in his heart.

"What a baby. Lin Zheng stepped forward and touched the trunk of the tree, as if he were touching the most precious treasure in the world.

Suddenly, Lin Zheng seemed to notice something, so he took a few steps back, and his palm suddenly slapped out. Gu Huai shook slightly, but he was not half damaged.

"There's something in there. Lin Zheng said with certainty.

"Things?" Li Yu stepped forward in surprise, "This tree doesn't look like it's been damaged......

"Since it is not damaged, it can only be conceived by Gu Huai itself. Lin Zheng is still extremely convinced that this ancient acacia is still full of vitality after the fire, and it must not be so simple.

Soon, more than a dozen black-armored soldiers came up with saws of terrifying size and set them up on the ancient acacia.

"Wait!" Just as everyone was about to start, Lin Zheng suddenly stopped.

Looking at this ancient acacia, Lin Zheng had all kinds of illusions in his mind.

One of these visions has just probed a seedling, but it is about to die without rain and dew, and he empathizes with that kind of helplessness and despair.

Finally, the clouds gathered that night, and a heavy rain moistened the entire Zhuying Mountain, and the seedling also poked its head in spirit.

In the next picture, the seedlings have grown into towering trees, and at that time, the trees were still surrounded by a small Taoist temple, and there were people visiting every day, and at this time Lin Zheng knew that this was the ancient acacia that was about to be a thousand years old.

That night, thunder raged in the clouds, lighting up the sky as if it were day.

The ancient tree trembled a little.

In the Taoist temple, countless Taoist priests set up altars around the ancient trees, trying to help the ancient trees survive the thousand-year catastrophe. One of the old Taoist elders even used his life's cultivation to turn into a talisman to block between the ancient huai and the thunder tribulation.

Gu Huai was slightly encouraged, not trembling but still timid.

Lin Zheng looked at the movements of the old Taoist leader, and a sense of familiarity rose in his heart.

An hour later, the heavenly thunder was brewing, and with an incomparably thick thunder pouring down, many green-robed Taoist priests also retreated, only the old Taoist did not dodge or dodge, and suffered this catastrophe with the ancient tree.

The thunder poured into the ancient tree, and at the same time, it easily penetrated the old man's talisman, but the old man was not in a hurry and looked calm, as if he was waiting for something.

The thunder flashed all over the ancient tree, and the thunder snake seemed to add a bit of sacredness to it.

Finally, just when the ancient tree's whole body was about to be unbearable, the old Taoist leader quickly pinched the trick with both hands, and under the continuous change of gestures, the thunder pouring down from the sky was actually cut off by the talisman, and the rest of the thunder was all borne by the talisman.

At first, the old man's expression remained unchanged, but soon, the old man's face became more and more ruddy, and after the tea time, the old man's mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out, and the last trace of thunder and lightning dissipated in the air at the same time as the talisman dissipated.

Since then, the wind and rain of Zhuying Mountain have been smooth, and the Taoist temple has not been expanded, so it is not big or small, and no one cares about the existence at the top of Zhuying Mountain.

Ten years later, the old Taoist passed away, and that night was obviously the height of summer, but the ancient acacia lost all the leaves overnight, as if he was seeing off the old Taoist chief.

The ups and downs after that flashed in Lin Zheng's mind one by one. Faced with this charred ancient locust, Lin Zheng did not order someone to sawn it apart after all.

"Heavenly Master Dao, the forty-first Heavenly Master Lin Zheng, has seen his predecessors. Lin Zheng stepped forward and bowed with his fists.

That old Taoist was the ancestor who founded the Heavenly Master Dao.

A breeze blew, and the thin branches on the ancient acacia shook slightly, and they shook off and were scorched black, revealing the new shoots in it.

"It's spring?" Lin Zheng pinched his fingers, the solar term that was supposed to appear in seven days came to this day in advance.

I saw the intricate ancient acacia shaking new sprouts, and an indescribable aura enveloped Zhu Yingshan. Although Lin Zheng couldn't see through this aura, he could faintly detect that this aura was reviving the entire Zhuying Mountain.

"Offended. Lin Zheng once again asked Li Yu to take people away from Zhuying Mountain.

It will not take a few years to wish Yingshan will be full of vitality again, and then Lin Zheng will come here in person to ask for a treasure from Guhuai.

After a few thoughts, Lin Zheng still wrote a letter, writing what happened here to Wang Zixuan, although Wang Zixuan was not there, the Jiumen Inn might be able to provide Lin Zheng with some useful news.

Walking on the streets of Aofeng City, many people were talking about the death of the former governor, and there was a lot of uproar in Aofeng City for a while.

"Then Nizi should be fine, right?" Lin Zheng asked Yan Liang.

"Almost. Yan Liang nodded.

"Let's go to the Peak Tower to see Nanzi, who is also the only relative left by the former governor. Lin Zheng said, and took Yan Liang and Shen Yueting towards the Peak Tower.

On the road, Lin Zheng noticed that most of the pedestrians around him had a steady footstep, quite a tiger and wolf, and at first glance he was a martial arts master walking the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't help but wonder.

"How could there suddenly be so many more people on this street?" Lin Zheng frowned.

"Subordinate to investigate. Yan Liang said that he was about to leave.

"No, let Shen Yueting go. Lin Zheng looked at Shen Yueting, this was the first time Lin Zheng had given Shen Yueting a task.

"The subordinates understand. Shen Yueting knew that this was Lin Zheng's cultivation of himself, and he immediately clenched his fists when he was moved in his heart.

Such an action immediately attracted the attention of many people on the street.

"Stupid. Lin Zheng was helpless, turned his head and left, leaving Shen Yueting alone to grab his head and smile awkwardly.

Lin Zheng and Yan Liang returned to the thirty-third floor of the Peak Tower.

"It's not a small move. Lin Zheng was helpless, took a section from the wall next to him, grabbed it, and threw it precisely towards the woman's hiding place.

The woman knew that she had been discovered, so she struggled to carry the iron sword to Lin Zheng and Yan Liang.

"You took this sword from the hands of the dead?" Lin Zheng was quite surprised, this woman was a little bold.

"You killed my father!" the woman pointed at Yan Liang.

"Not bad. Yan Liang nodded, and stepped forward at the same time.