I attained immortality through meditation in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Sun, the accountant, crashed into a pillar, his head lolled to the side, and he lost consciousness.

The man in the blue robe never stopped walking.

He went to the backyard.

A little fox was curled up on the bed, convulsing in pain.

"It really is a celestial fox."

He could sense the immense potential within the cub.

It's simply a perfect furnace bestowed by heaven.

Xiaobai also saw him.

That horrible man!

She wanted to run, to call for help, to cast an illusion...

However, the raging spiritual energy within her body prevented her from even moving a single toe.

"Come with me."

The man in the blue robe bent down and extended his hand.

"No……"

She wanted to shout.

Owner……

Master, where are you...?

Little White is so scared...

The man in the blue robe spread his five fingers, and a rune array appeared in his palm.

Little White's tiny body was sucked into the magic circle.

All her power was sealed away.

Right now, she's just an ordinary fox with no power to resist.

The man in the blue robe looked at Little White in the cage of light with satisfaction.

He turned around, ready to leave.

He didn't even bother to glance at the two unconscious mortals on the ground.

It's like crushing two ants; who cares whether the ants live or die?

......

Zhao Zian glanced at the sky.

It is going to rain.

He quickened his pace.

In the distance, the plaque of Jishetang came into view.

Their steps then came to a stop.

The door to Jishetang... is gone.

problem occurs!

Zhao Zian rushed into the hall in the blink of an eye.

The lobby was in a mess.

The medicine cabinet was violently destroyed, and rare medicinal herbs were scattered everywhere.

In those ruins, two figures lay in pools of blood.

It was Su Mei and Accountant Sun.

"Manager Su! Accountant Sun!"

Zhao Zian rushed over.

Su Mei's pretty face turned deathly pale.

The accountant next to him was in an even worse state, with half of his body twisted in pain.

Zhao Zian pressed several acupoints on Su Mei's chest, while placing his other palm on her back.

The power of life surged into Su Mei's body.

The color returned to Su Mei's pale face.

Zhao Zian turned to Sun, the accountant.

Accountant Sun was just an ordinary person with no spiritual power.

It suffered a completely physical and severe injury.

Several bones were broken, and there was some internal bleeding.

For Zhao Zian, this kind of injury was actually easier to treat.

He inserted a few silver needles to seal Sun's pain, and at the same time used his spiritual power to reconnect the broken bones and stabilize the internal injuries.

All of this was done in just a few dozen breaths.

Zhao Zian's gaze fell on the backyard.

noob!

He suppressed his murderous intent and walked towards the backyard.

Xiaobai's room was completely empty.

It's that man in the blue robe!

Zhao Zian closed his eyes.

The sudden investigation by that person last night.

Today, Xiaobai's spiritual energy is experiencing an abnormal surge.

Jishetang was attacked, and Su Mei and Accountant Sun were severely injured.

And... Xiaobai's disappearance.

Everything makes sense now.

That person's target from the very beginning was Xiaobai!

"you……"

Zhao Zian's voice was hoarse.

"...You're courting death!"

Having received the inheritance of the immortal ancestor, he thought he had gained some power to protect himself.

But reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

Weakness is the original sin.

If you're not strong enough, you can't even protect the people around you.

Zhao Zian forced himself to calm down.

Anger solves nothing.

He needs clues.

He closed his eyes and used his spiritual sense to explore every corner of the room.

The blue-robed man's aura had faded considerably, but traces remained.

Zhao Zian noticed something unusual: a crystal fragment.

He used his spiritual power to envelop it and brought it to his eyes.

It's the remnant of an array.

Zhao Zian probed the fragment with his divine sense.

The spatial fluctuations pointed...north!

Zhao Zian returned to the front hall, picked up Su Mei, and with his other hand lifted her up into the air, also lifting Sun Zhangfang into the air.

Back in the backyard, Zhao Zian settled the two of them into bed.

"Qing'er".

Zhao Zian called out into the courtyard.

The little girl rushed in.

"gentlemen."

Qing'er looked timidly at the scene inside the room.

"From today onwards, you will live in the outer room of this house."

"Take good care of them both. I will personally brew their daily medicine, and you should feed them on time. Stop anyone who comes to visit, and tell them they need to rest and cannot see anyone."

"Yes, sir."

Qing'er nodded emphatically.

……

The back hall of the county government office.

County Magistrate Zhang Jing was handling official business.

A constable ran in.

"Sir, Mr. Zhao... Mr. Zhao has arrived!"

"Oh?"

Zhang Jing raised an eyebrow.

"Brother Zhao has arrived? Please, invite him in quickly, I happen to have some..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhao Zian walk in.

He felt as if he was seeing not a person, but a drawn sword.

"Brother Zhao?"

Zhang Jing tentatively called out.

Zhao Zian made no polite gestures.

"Brother Zhang, I'll keep it short. I have a relative who was kidnapped by a man in a blue robe, heading north."

Zhang Jing's expression turned serious.

"Blue robe? Heading north? Brother Zhao, did you get a good look at that person? Do you know where he comes from? There are quite a few bandits in the north, and some of them are really tough to deal with."

"Not a bandit."

Zhao Zian shook his head.

"That person is very strong. So strong... that he's not like an ordinary person."

Unlike ordinary people.

Zhang Jing's pupils contracted slightly.

As the head of a county, he had access to a higher level of society than ordinary people, and naturally he had heard some rumors about the mortal world.

Immortal masters, sects, flying through the sky and disappearing into the earth, moving mountains and filling seas...

Zhang Jing waved his hand, signaling all the servants to leave.

"Brother Zhao, are you... sure?"

"I'm sure."

Zhang Jing fell silent.

If that is truly the case, then let alone him, even the prefect would probably be powerless to help.

"well……"

"Brother Zhao, we are brothers, so your affairs are my affairs."

He took out a dusty sandalwood box.

"This is something passed down from my Zhang family ancestors. It is said that it was drawn by one of my ancestors when he was young and traveling around the world. It records some... strange and wonderful things."

Zhang Jing spread the map out on the table.

His finger pointed to the location of Liuxi Town and moved northward.

"Eighty li north of Liuxi Town is Black Wind Mountain, where a band of more than three hundred men are entrenched. Their leader is called Guo Shanfeng, and he is highly skilled in martial arts. Ordinary armies cannot do anything to him."

Zhao Zian shook his head.

"It wasn't him."

Even the strongest mortal warrior has his limitations.

Zhang Jing's finger continued to slide northward.

"After crossing the Broken Soul River, a hundred miles further north lies the continuous Yunmeng Mountain Range. Here, the government's influence is completely out of reach."

"I once heard a traveling merchant say that there is fog in the mountains that never dissipates, and that if ordinary people go in, nine out of ten will get lost and never come out again."

His finger touched the depths of the Yunmeng Mountains.

"My Zhang family's ancestral home is in the county town. I heard my elders mention it when I was a child. It is said that deep in the Yunmeng Mountains, there is a sect for cultivating immortality called Xuantianmen."

"It is said that every ten years, this sect sends people down the mountain to select children with spiritual roots from the mortal world to take under their wing."