From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 402: The Leader of the Dao Sect
The thin Taoist's cultivation was now wasted, and it was difficult for him to walk between the mountain paths and rivers. He almost fell into the water several times.

Even so, the thin Taoist still followed Zhang Daoyuan's instructions and turned several corners in several hills. While walking, he frequently looked up at the dark clouds in the sky. After making sure that no one was following him, he turned a corner and walked towards a hill.

The mountain is named Funiu, and the terrain is quite high and extremely steep. It is said that the origin of the name of Funiu Mountain is related to the "Zizai Zen Master" of Yunyan Temple in the Tang Dynasty.

After completing his studies, Master Zizai asked his teacher for guidance. He got the four-character motto "stop when you see a bull". Master Zizai came to this mountain from south to north. He saw towering old trees and vines entwined on the mountain, which was indeed eerie and scary. A wild bull suddenly jumped out, and Master Zizai used his great magic power to subdue the wild bull. Therefore, the 800-mile long mountain range was called Funiushan.

Standing at the foot of Funiu Mountain, the thin Taoist thought about these folk tales and couldn't help but sneer.
Little did the world know that this Funiushan Mountain was not called Funiushan Mountain until after the Tang Dynasty...

Going all the way up, the area below Funiu Mountain was almost a vast ocean. The village at the foot of the mountain had already been submerged by floods, and all the villagers had been rescued by armed police officers and soldiers as early as July.

Funiu Mountain is steep and has heavy water vapor, so the mountain road is very smooth. After turning several corners with ease, he came to a big rock. The thin Taoist looked around alertly, took out a yellowed jade from his arms, and drew talismans in the air in front of the rock, muttering something.

As the thin Taoist chanted the talisman, the jade beads suddenly emitted a dim and clear light, and ripples like water rose on the surface of the hard and rough stone. The thin Taoist raised his leg and walked straight into the stone.

It was like passing through a layer of water curtain, and what came into view was a stone chamber with an oil lamp lit. A middle-aged Taoist priest with a fleshy face heard the sound and was on high alert. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the appearance of the thin Taoist priest.

"Brother Jingming, you're finally here! I'm almost starving!"

"Humph, there is no shortage of food for you under the Heavenly Master's seat. You have been bullying the island for so long, and you can't stand it these few days?"

The thin Taoist snorted coldly and took out a few balls of paper from his arms. They were wrapped with food or something, which was still warm.

The middle-aged Taoist priest with a ferocious face laughed, placed the paper ball on the table and began to eat. After opening the paper ball, he frowned:
"Hiss, Senior Brother, how come your food is all wet from the rain? How can I eat this!"

"It's good enough to have something to eat, but you're still being picky... cough cough cough!" The thin Taoist was about to scold when he suddenly started coughing violently.
The middle-aged Taoist priest then began to carefully look at the thin Taoist priest, and then he slammed the table in anger and said, "Brother, how come your cultivation is gone? Who dares to be so bold as to destroy a member of my desperate Zhengyi Sect?"

"A dragon crossing the river is a bit tricky. He has caught me in a weak spot. Even the Heavenly Master is afraid of me..." Suppressing the surging blood, the thin Taoist narrowed his eyes and continued, "How is it, has Zhang Miaofa agreed?"

Seeing that the thin Taoist didn't seem to want to discuss the matter of the dragon crossing the river, the middle-aged Taoist suppressed his anger and sat on the stone bench again: "No, this old cow nose and the guy surnamed Wang were blocked inside by us. They just kept cursing and refused to listen to anything we said!"

"In other words, you still haven't found out the whereabouts of the Yangping Zhidu Gongyin? It's been more than half a month! If there is no progress, once the flood is contained, we will have to return to the treasure island. There will be no more chances!"

The middle-aged Taoist priest was also very angry. He listened to the scolding from the thin Taoist priest and just ate rice.

"Eat, eat, eat. I'll eat later. Take me in to see what's going on!"

"Yes!"

The middle-aged Taoist ate a few more mouthfuls of rice and led the thin Taoist deeper into the stone chamber. At the end of the corridor there was a faint oil lamp, but it was not brought in by the two men. Instead, it had been burning in the depths of Funiu Mountain for nearly two thousand years.

In the dim light of the oil lamp, a huge stone bull stood tall. It was carved from a single huge stone. The stone bull was two people tall, with its four hooves stepping on the wave-shaped stone carvings. Its body was gray and white, and it looked very heavy and solid.
However, the only flaw is that the stone cow is no longer complete. The forehead of the stone cow seems to have been chiseled by something sharp, and is several dozen centimeters deep, completely destroying the artistic conception of the entire stone cow.

The two men did not look at the stone cow. The middle-aged Taoist priest with a face full of flesh also took out a jade pendant, but it was black in color.
Two jade beads, one black and one yellow, were combined and pressed into a groove on the wall of the cave. Suddenly, a stone wall rose up behind the stone cow with a rumbling sound.

Behind the stone wall is a huge cave, which is five or six meters deep and covered with densely hanging stalactites. There is also a Taoist guarding it. After seeing the thin Taoist, they saluted with fists.

The only entrance in the space was blocked by huge rocks, and faint shouting and cursing could be heard coming from behind the passage.

"You betrayed your teacher and ancestors, and disregarded moral principles. The ancestor of the Heavenly Master instructed the stone bull to suppress the water veins in order to benefit the people. However, you destroyed the stone bull for your own selfish desires, causing hundreds of thousands of people in the Huanghuai area to suffer from the ravages of mountain torrents, and countless people were displaced and killed! How can you face the Heavenly Masters of all generations after you die!"

"How dare such a lunatic call himself Heavenly Master? What wishful thinking! Tell Zhang Daoyuan to wait for his karma to be repaid!"

"Don't let me out, you beasts. Otherwise, not to mention the laws of the Zhang family, even the Huaguo Dao Sect will definitely not tolerate you!"

"You want the seal? Don't tell me I don't have it. Even if I did, I would never give it to you beasts!"

The thin Taoist frowned, and the Taoists beside him smiled helplessly:
"Brother, it's still this bull nose that didn't perform well today. The scolding a few days ago was even uglier."

"You guys go out, I want to talk to Uncle Miaofa."

"Yes!"

Inside the passage, Zhang Miaofa seemed to have heard the conversation outside, and became even more furious:

"Uncle Master, who is your uncle? I am your grandfather! Jing Ming, you evil creature, if you still want to help the tyrant, be careful that the ancestor of heaven will appear and make you never be reincarnated!"

"Just wait, the Dao Alliance will find this place sooner or later. By then, your conspiracy will be exposed and you will be punished by heaven!"

The thin Taoist listened to the insults coming from the other side of the passage and sneered: "Don't bother Master Miaofa to worry about this. This place will completely disappear in a few days due to mountain collapse. The records about this place only exist in some ancient books. They can't be taken seriously."

"Besides, as long as my master successfully obtains the seal and unifies the forces of the Zhengyi Sect, then Qi Qianshu, the leader of the Taoist sect, may not be able to sit on the throne safely. The leader of the Taoist sect has always been my Zhang family's Heavenly Master! Your mainland Heavenly Master Mansion is incompetent. Not only did you give up the position of leader of the Taoist Alliance, but even after such a long period of spiritual energy recovery, not even a single innate appeared. You should hand over the seal!"

(End of this chapter)