Since then, the master and apprentice of the wild Taoist have lived in seclusion here, and this seclusion has been more than ten years. During this period, this wild Taoist taught the woodcutter a lot of metaphysical skills, and also instructed him to some of the internal kung fu of the Xuanmen.

At the beginning, this woodcutter was honest, honest and diligent, but after a long time, this wild man slowly discovered that this seemingly loyal young man was actually a powerful character who played the pig and ate the tiger.

In this way, this wild Taoist put away the idea of wanting to pass on his mantle, and began to guard against him everywhere, and even when he later instructed martial arts to teach metaphysics, he deliberately only passed on the skin to prevent him from really getting the essence. Of course, the true secret of this Seven Star Mountain, he did not reveal it at all, and it has always been hidden in his heart.

After a long time, the woodcutter slowly realized that the master seemed to be deliberately hiding something from him. The two began to watch out for each other and played with each other. At the beginning, when he was struggling to open this secret passage and enter the huge space inside, the woodcutter once secretly guessed that there must be some treasure in it, and his heart was full of all kinds of fantasies.

Anyway, just his master and apprentice, how can he get a large amount of treasure, which is enough for him to enjoy a lifetime. However, when entering the huge and deep cave in the depths of the cave, all that was found was a pile of powdered corpses and knives and guns everywhere, and only a few pieces of gold and silver were found.

This time, he was suddenly disappointed, and couldn't help but secretly regret it, it turned out that this place was not a treasure cave, just a cave abandoned by an unknown age.

Fortunately, he learned some real things from this wild Taoist later, and he made up for his youth. It's just that after he found out that his master deliberately had reservations, he often showed some dissatisfaction intentionally or unintentionally.

Until one day, this wild man hid from him and got some gold, silver and jewelry, and gave him all of them. and warned him that fate has come, and the master-apprentice relationship between the two ends here. He is about to leave here and continue to travel to the famous mountains and rivers in various places, and he strictly orders him not to return here from now on. With all this money that is enough for him to be a rich man for the rest of his life, he quickly left on his own and went home to start a family.

Moreover, in front of the woodcutter, the Wild Dao people used their magic skills to destroy the entrance mechanism that entered the dark passage at once. This secret passage has been re-sealed, and a strong ban has been placed on the outside, so that no one can easily enter the secret passage from here.

The woodcutter saw that the master was so resolute, so he didn't say anything more, although the two were a little unhappy with each other in the later period, but after all, they not only taught their own skills, but also taught each other with a lot of money. At the time of the final farewell, the woodcutter still had tears in his eyes, and solemnly kowtowed to thank him according to the rites of the master and apprentice, and then reluctantly left.

However, after the woodcutter left Qixing Mountain, he did not go home directly, and according to the master's wishes, he bought a house and bought land in the local area and became a rich man.

He went directly to Jiangnan, when the south was beginning to make trouble with the Taiping Army, he thought that he was not only strong in martial arts now, but also learned a metaphysical skill from his master, although it could not be said that he had reached the point of profundity, but he could also be proud of himself in the world. He didn't want to bury what he had learned in his body, and wanted to use it to make a fortune, even if he couldn't be called a king and a marquis, at least he wouldn't come to this world in vain.

At the beginning, he wanted to join the Taiping Army and vigorously rebel against him, but after several calculations,

In the end, he chose the Qing court, which was not yet completely at the end of the road. So he ran to the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan, which was the most strict at that time, and became a pawn under the account of Zeng Guofan's brother Zeng Guoquan.

But he didn't go directly to sign up for the army, but saw the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the camp. He first saved a general of the third rank with his strong martial arts, and under the recommendation of this general, he directly entered the shogunate of this general and became a close staff member.

Later, because he was scheming and good at franchising, and he did have some real talents, learned and braved, plus he made a lot of money up and down, won the praise of most people around him. Gradually, he began to get ahead and became a well-known warrior. After several years of fighting on the battlefield, he finally relied on his excellent military skills and flexible wrists to climb to the position of the capital of Zhengsipin, and truly became a deputy general of the green battalion.

Soon, the war in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally came to an end after more than ten years. At this time, it can be said that he has achieved fame, and he suddenly remembered his master and Qixing Mountain again. The more he thought about it, the more he thought that the master had found a large number of treasures in the huge cave in the belly of the mountain, and sent him away mercilessly in order to swallow it for himself.

The reason is that among the gold and silver jewels that he took over from his master as a settlement fee, it was later confirmed that several of the jewels were antiquities from the Tang Dynasty. So he felt that he had been deceived by the wild man, and he was determined to break the promise he had made in front of his master and go back to find out.

After everything was decided, in order to deal with the unfathomable wild Taoist with unfathomable mysteries, he secretly recruited a group of ruthless underworld masters from the rivers and lakes. Taking advantage of the time when he returned home to his hometown, he secretly took them and sneaked back to the small Taoist temple by moonlight in the dead of night.

After arriving at the small Taoist temple, he found that the wooden door of the small Taoist temple was tightly closed, not only was there no light or movement inside, but even the front of the small Taoist temple was already overgrown with weeds and barren, and it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time.

Seeing the desolate appearance of the small Taoist temple, he suddenly felt that maybe the master did not really deceive him, he should have left here a long time ago and traveled around, maybe he was thinking too much.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the kindness of the wild Dao people to him in the past, and hesitated a little. But then he thought about it, since he came, he should go in anyway, maybe there was some unexpected gain. After all, he still had a little awe of that wild man, and although it seemed that there was no one inside, he still didn't dare to break into the door rashly. Instead, he first instructed his four subordinates to slowly approach the small Taoist temple, and carefully opened the door lock from the outside and touched it in.

After the four of them penetrated in, more than a quarter of an hour passed, and it was as if the stone ox had entered the sea without any movement, and this time the woodcutter and the rest of his men couldn't help but panic.

It stands to reason that even if that wild Daoist with unfathomable martial arts hid inside and sneaked attack, it would be impossible to put the four people who had fallen in such a narrow stone house in one fell swoop without a sound. These four people were originally one-legged thieves who crisscrossed the green forest, and each of them had an excellent kung fu, so it was not good that the four of them could make a little movement when they joined forces.

Thinking of this, they thought that there should be some powerful ambush such as poisonous gas and poisonous arrows in the small Taoist temple, otherwise it would be impossible to clean up the four of them without any movement at once. So, they took out the prepared wet towels and covered their mouths and noses.

When it's ready, it's pie again

Four underworld masters wearing protective soft armor came out, and let them rush in in pairs again. But after these four people entered, like the four people in front, there was no movement.

This time, the woodcutter finally couldn't hold his breath, years of battlefield fighting have made him more stoic and ruthless, in the face of danger he has always chosen to face difficulties without flinching. This time, he turned his heart on the side and decided to go out himself, even if it was really his own master inside, it would be a fierce battle.

After tidying up his body, he waved his hand and crowded in with all the remaining six underworld masters. When they all swarmed in, an oil lamp suddenly lit up inside, and in the small stone house, I saw the dusty wild Taoist sitting upright on the side of the stone statue that had been enshrined. And the eight underworld masters who had just rushed in were all neatly stacked at the door of the small stone houses on the east and west sides, motionless and didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

The woodcutter was so frightened that he was about to order his men to attack in groups, when he suddenly felt a flower in front of him, like a few horsetails flashing in the dust. When he looked at it again, the six underworld masters beside him, all of them were fixed there like stone statues like some kind of spell fixed by the caster's family. At this time, the woodcutter knew that the master's kung fu had reached the realm of perfection and supernatural perfection, and I am afraid that today's things will be absolutely difficult to be good.

He was just about to speak, when he suddenly felt his knees go numb, and he involuntarily knelt on the ground. He thought that the master was going to deal with himself with a heavy hand, so he simply turned his heart sideways, came without saying a word, and after kowtowing three heads on the ground in a proper manner, he knelt there motionlessly.

At this time, I saw that the wild man slowly opened his eyes, and coldly counted what the woodcutter had done over the years. Although he was a little dissatisfied with his viciousness over the years, he didn't commit any great evil, so he decided to spare him again.

But today he actually moved the heart of deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors, but he can't just let him go, and he must take back the master's kung fu. Moreover, let him make a heavy oath that after returning to Jiangnan, he must immediately resign from the official position that he had bought with the blood of tens of millions of people, and from then on he could only be a rich man in the countryside, and he would not be allowed to cross the Yangtze River again for the rest of his life. In addition, in the future, his descendants will never be allowed to enter the court as officials, let alone the attention of this Qixing Mountain. Otherwise, someone will kill them at any time.

In addition, the fourteen underworld masters he brought this time were punished one by one according to their evil deeds. Except for the five who committed minor crimes, only their martial arts were abolished, and the other nine people were directly killed on the spot.

In the end, the frightened woodcutter, after collecting and burying the nine corpses, fled the mountains with the remaining five people. When he got home, he immediately took all his family with him, and without any explanation, he left the place he would never forget.

Sure enough, after returning to the south, he resigned from his official position under the pretext of resigning and never lived in seclusion in the countryside from then on. Fortunately, the imperial court at that time remembered that he had made great contributions, and he was able to retreat bravely in accordance with the current of affairs, but also rewarded him with a lot of money and goods.

Not to mention, this guy was a blessing in disguise because of this, and later Zeng Guofan was shocked by his high merits, except for a few famous generals, the other generals were cleaned and dealt with by the imperial court in various names.

Because the woodcutter retired voluntarily at an early stage, he finally escaped the catastrophe and saved the family's wealth. Later, every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but be even more secretly in awe, his own teacher who didn't know where he was traveling.