Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 193 Before the Rain

Chu Tai stepped forward and was about to use the Liuhe Circle to catch the flying leaves, but was stopped by Zhuang Kong. He took a step forward, holding the Xunfeng Yiqi treasure fan in one hand and swung it violently.

Clear light surged up, and strong winds arose. The fallen bamboo leaves were stirred by the wind, like ink dropped into a pond, and quickly turned into wisps of powdery dust and scattered outwards.

Zhuang Kong secretly held a precious pearl in his other hand to protect his body. While moving forward to deal with the enemy, he also kept a little distance from Chu Tai and Shi Ruotie.

Such an interesting action made Chu Tai's gaze linger for a moment, but soon his attention was attracted by the old man opposite.

The skinny fingers pulled backwards, and the negative energy and evil spirits from the surrounding gathered together. Black shadows and ghost fires appeared, and slender bamboo swords appeared and disappeared inside.

The sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling echoed all around, making Chu Tai frown, and Shi Ruotie, who was lying on the ground, fainted.

But just when the old man was about to strangle Chu Tai and others, dark green light appeared in the air, and then a handsome young man walked out. He looked at the old man and chuckled.

"Master Baizhu, you are also considered a senior of the Zhushan Sect. Isn't it a bit too much to bully a sixth-rank cultivator like this?"

As he spoke, the young man also swung his Wei Lan sword and slashed at the white bamboo.

At the same time, a clear light surged in Taoist Mu Jing's hand, holding up the Green Emperor's glorious flag. The flag patterns of hundreds of flowers on it glowed with clear light, and the phantoms of thousands of flowers emerged, blocking the ghost bamboo sword that was coming to strangle him.

Taoist Bai Zhu saw this and felt the surge of vital energy in the distance. After saying some harsh words, he turned into green light and disappeared.

Zhuang Ming was also about to leave, and Zhuang Kong wanted to stop him, but before he could open his mouth, he saw the other party carrying Yun Guang away.

Upon seeing this, Zhuang Kong wanted to step forward to stop them, but was stopped by Taoist Mu Jing.

"Beware of traps."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Kong was stunned for a moment, sighed, came to Mu Jing, and greeted Chu Tai.

Chu Tai returned the gift and then asked Taoist Mu Jing about the whole story.

"This is not the place to talk. Fellow Daoist, please follow me."

As he spoke, Taoist Mu Jing flicked his long sleeves, picked up the unconscious Shi Ruotie, and took Chu Tai and the other two back to the dojo temporarily opened by the Five Scattered People.

Taoist Zhengyang and Mo Zhi were quite surprised to see Chu Tai. Taoist Zhengyang even stepped forward to ask why Chu Tai came.

"I heard on the road that you and the Zhushan Cult had a fight, so I came to see what was going on."

Upon hearing Chu Tai's question, Taoist Zhengyang immediately showed anger.

"The Zhushan Cult has really gone too far this time!"

Taoist Zhengyang was a little excited. It turned out that after he and Mo Ru invited the other three fellow Taoists that day, he went to find Fu Xiaoshan first to discuss with his master.

"Originally we had agreed that Fu Xiaoshan and his men would provide two magical weapons with great potential that had been refined as compensation, and Fu Xiaoshan would be banned for sixty years. Who would have thought that the Zhushan Cult would intervene?"

Looking at the angry Taoist Zhengyang, Chu Tai said a few words in his tone, and then looked at Taoist Mu Jing and Mo Zhi beside him. Mu Jing explained: "What Zhengyang said this time is right. We had a good discussion with the other party, but the Zhushan Sect suddenly intervened and almost killed Fu Xiaoshan in front of us."

"It's really ridiculous. Zhengyang, the man who was being plotted against, chose to forgive. How dare the Zhushan Sect take action?"

As he spoke, Taoist Mu Jing thought of Chu Tai's lack of knowledge of the cause and effect, and added, "We only found out when we arrived at the scene that the so-called private transaction of the 'Nine Heavens Cloud Seal Form Cutting Magical Technique' was actually someone in the Zhushan Sect plotting against the Fu Xiaoshan lineage, wanting to seize the mountain treasure they have been cultivating for many years."

“Fortunately, this plan is only the idea of ​​Taoist Baizhu and Taoist Cuizhu of the Zhushan Sect, otherwise the five of us really wouldn’t be able to hold on.” Taoist Mu Jing couldn’t help but sigh when he heard the last sentence.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai thought for a while and asked who were the two parties in this fight.

"On our side, in addition to the five of us, there is Mu Jing's junior sister, Daoist Fellow Cui Huang, Daoist Fellow Zhuang Kong and Daoist Fellow Shi Ruotie who came here after hearing the news, and Daoist Fellow Jing Guang who I met in Chu that day also wrote to ask if we need help."

"In addition, there are Taoist Li Hong from Fangjing Mountain, Taoist Shang Jian from Jinzhong Mountain, and the brothers Xiangying and Xiangxuan from Shi'ertan..."

Taoist Zhengyang first mentioned a few cultivators that Chu Tai was familiar with, and then he mentioned a dozen cultivators from different forces.

Mo Zhi beside him added, "Although these people are from side sects, they have all entered the sixth rank, and they are all good friends of Taoist Zhengyang. They have received Zhengyang's kindness and know Zhengyang's character. They all came to help after hearing the news. I can ask Zhengyang to take you to meet those fellow Taoists and get to know them."

Nodding, Chu Tai asked again: "What about the Zhushan Sect?"

"In addition to the two fifth-rank cultivators Baizhu and Cuizhu, they also have two sixth-rank cultivators from their sects to help. Together with Dan Jing and the other three sixth-rank cultivators from the local Zhushan Sect, there are two fifth-rank cultivators and seven sixth-rank cultivators from the Zhushan Sect alone. In addition, there are seven or eight local cultivators, including Fu Xiaoshan's junior sister Wang Xiaoling, Madam Luohua from Ma Luodong, Taoist Liu from Nanmu Creek, and so on. Originally, we were a little inferior, but with Fellow Daoist Taining, our combat power is not much different."

Taoist Mu Jing answered Chu Tai's question, but it made Chu Tai a little confused. Zhuang Kong, who was standing next to him and heard about Zhushan Sect's helper for the first time, seemed a little surprised.

"Didn't Fu Xiaoshan almost get killed? Why is his junior sister still willing to help?"

Chu Tai was also a little curious at first, but when Zhuang Kong said this, he figured it out and whispered, "I'm afraid the Fu Xiaoshan lineage has been swallowed up by the Zhushan Sect. As far as I know, the Zhushan Sect, as a major side sect, is said to have three thousand magical methods, but many of them are not originally owned by the Zhushan Sect."

Chu Tai did not explain the following words very clearly, but everyone present roughly understood the meaning.

Zhuang Kong showed a disdainful expression: "I have met several monks from Zhushan Sect in the past. They also invited me to join Zhushan Sect, saying that as long as I pay a small price, I will have three thousand wonderful methods to choose from. I didn't expect that these wonderful methods were obtained in this way! I think those people also took a fancy to the "Northern Ming Xiaoyao Tianwai Chapter" that I compiled from the classics of the ancient sages."

Mo Zhi was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at Zhuang Kong and said, "Fellow Daoist, you actually created your own method and cultivated to such a high level of Dao today?"

"In fact, it can't be considered as my own creation. I have loved all kinds of Taoist classics since I was a child. My family is relatively well-off, and my parents love me and are willing to collect all kinds of Taoist classics for me. Finally, by chance, I found an ancient sage's annotation to Xiaoyaoyou in a fragment of a scripture. I was fascinated by it and entered the Taoist path while half asleep and half awake."

Zhuang Kong's words made everyone envious. Taoist Mu Jing couldn't help but sighed, "The senior who can lead people into Taoism and leave annotations is at least at the fifth level. It can allow you to practice to the fifth level, so I think it was left by a fourth-level celestial being. Daoist friend, you are really lucky, but why is your brother's method different from yours?"

"I don't know either. In fact, I was the one who taught him the techniques in the beginning, but his personality didn't match my practice method. His practice speed was much slower than mine. He even suspected that I had deliberately hidden some of the essence of practice. This was also the reason why he ran away from home later."

Zhuang Kong sighed and said helplessly, "When I saw him again, his true Qi had become what it is now. I asked him several times but he was unwilling to answer. He even wanted to take my true Qi away."

"Thanks to my special true energy, he didn't really fall into evil ways. He was restrained when he attacked me, and it didn't have much impact on me. On the contrary, I was slightly injured because of my instinctive resistance. This also caused him to be more repulsive to me now. He doesn't even want to talk to me."

Several people were moved when they heard this. Taoist Zhengyang couldn't help but ask what Zhuang Kong planned to do if Zhuang Ming was caught this time.

"Probably after confirming that his magic power is not from the demonic system, his aura is not tainted by sin, and his mind is not coerced, let him go."

Zhuang Kong's answer surprised everyone again, and Mo Zhi even asked, "Why is that so?"

"After all, he has already achieved success in his cultivation. As his elder brother, why should I keep him in custody after I have confirmed that he has not fallen into the evil path and has not committed any sins?"

Chu Tai nodded and said, "From what Fellow Daoist Zhuang Kong has said, since his brother has a problem, forcing him to stay by his side is more likely to backfire. If he doesn't have any major problems, letting him go may be a good choice. In this case, when the fight begins, let Fellow Daoist Zhuang Kong keep an eye on Zhuang Ming. Fellow Daoist Mu Jing, what do you think?"

As he spoke, Chu Tai looked at Taoist Mu Jing and got the word "good".

(End of this chapter)