Chapter 931 Eight Years Later
"What are you looking at? You've never seen anyone kill someone?"
Master Zishan glared at the waiter behind the counter, then flicked his sleeves and put away the bloody corpse of Xing Ji Laodao. Then he turned around and Shi Shiran walked towards the fog behind him.
The guy behind the counter looked blank.
After a while, he came back to his senses, looked at Master Zishan's back and muttered: "Why do I always feel familiar..."
Master Zishan didn't give the guy a chance to observe carefully. He strode into the mist, made a hand seal with his right hand, and disappeared into the mist.
At the same time, in the mist, Zhan Zhao held the giant sword and moved forward cautiously.
Suddenly, a figure appeared from the right side. Zhan Zhao was shocked and swung his sword to kill it without hesitation.
"clang--"
The sound of gold and iron clashing echoed in the mist.
Master Zishan's palms were filled with golden light. He blocked the sharp sword swung by Zhan Zhao and said with black lines on his head: "It's me."
Zhan Zhao was startled and quickly took back his sword and said apologetically: "It turns out to be the Taoist priest..."
Master Zishan dispersed the golden light, lowered his arms, looked at the surrounding fog and said: "This street is the only way to go more than half a step. If you don't master a specific method, you can't get out of the fog."
"I see."
Zhan Zhao looked stunned, and then asked in a low voice: "What is more than half a step?"
While Master Zishan was holding the secrets and leading the way for Zhan Zhao, he explained casually: "More than half a step away, there is an inn. It connects the three realms. It is a place like a gods and demons version of an inn or a transfer station."
"Xing Ji, the old Taoist, fled here. He probably wanted to escape to the devil's path through Banbuduo Inn..."
Zhan Zhao asked doubtfully: "The devil's way?"
Master Zishan glanced at him and said: "There is a thousand-year-old purple bat spirit in the devil's way, and it likes the art of collecting tonics. Xingji Lao Dao and Tongzhen Guan secretly transported women, and it is very likely that they were under the instructions of the thousand-year-old purple bat spirit."
After hearing the words of Master Zishan, Zhan Zhao finally understood everything.
He immediately said angrily: "This is really unreasonable!"
After speaking, he asked again: "Taoist Priest, do you know how to enter more than half a step?"
Master Zishan smiled and said: "Of course, otherwise, how could the poor Taoist accept the old Taoist Xing Ji before the donor?"
Zhan Zhao was stunned and said in surprise: "You have stopped Mr. Xing Ji?"
Master Zishan nodded and said, "Well, when I get back to Bao Mansion, I will tell Mr. Bao exactly what happened..."
Zhan Zhao was overjoyed again and said hurriedly: "Is Mr. Bao awake?"
Master Zishan smiled and said: "Counting the time, when we go back, we should have woken up for a moment..."
Zhan Zhao said happily: "Then what are you waiting for? Come back quickly!"
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A quarter of an hour later, Bao Zheng was sitting on the bed in the study room, rubbing his temples and frowning: "So, Bao's illness is because Master Pang asked Tongzhen to practice the Tao of Demon Contemplation with the intention of killing me with a curse?"
"That's right!"
Bao Xing, who was waiting by the bed, nodded repeatedly, then looked at Bai Yutang and Master Zishan with a grateful face and said, "If Brother Bai hadn't been so righteous and led Mr. Zhan to invite Master Zishan, I'm afraid you would have been in trouble this time! "
"..."
Bao Zheng calmed down, raised his head, glanced at Bao Xing, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Gongsun Ce, Xu Xian, Zishan Zhenren and others in the study, and then solemnly raised his hands and thanked them.
"Bao Zheng thanks Yishi Bai for his righteous action!"
"Thank you, Taoist Priest Zishan, for rescuing me!"
Bai Yutang quickly turned aside, not daring to accept the courtesy.
Although Master Zishan accepted it gladly, he still said modestly on the surface: "The prime minister has done good deeds for the country and the people, and a poor man can only represent the people of the world and repay good deeds... not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!" "
Bao Zheng smiled: "The Taoist priest really has a great heart. I wonder where Changxian Township is?"
"When Bao recovers from his illness, I can't go to the temple to pay my respects..."
Master Zishan hesitated and said: "This..."
Seeing this situation, Bai Yutang quickly explained: "The Prime Minister doesn't know that Taoist Priest Zishan is a real reclusive master who does not live in the world. There are no pilgrims in Ziyang Temple and it is not open to the outside world."
"If the prime minister hadn't been in trouble this time, I'm afraid the Taoist priest wouldn't have made an exception..."
"That's it." Bao Zheng suddenly realized, and then looked at Master Zishan with admiration.
Feeling the admiring looks of everyone in the study, Master Zishan didn't think anything of it, but Xu Xian and Yourong Yan couldn't help but raise their chests and raise their heads with a smile on their face.
After a conversation, Bao Zheng's thoughts gradually became clearer and his brain began to work normally.
He recounted what he heard from everyone from beginning to end, then turned to look at Gongsun Ce and said: "I already know the matter. Tomorrow, I will prepare a book about the participation. I will pay my respects to the Holy Ann and thank you for your leave." Thinking about it, Master Pang is good at using nightmare magic to secretly murder ministers."
"The fold has been written and can be placed in front of the table. I will present it to the court with five drums the day after tomorrow."
After hearing Bao Gong's instructions, Gongsun Ce quickly nodded in agreement.
Bao Gong turned to look at Zhan Zhaohe Dynasty Ma Han and others, and said: "You will go to Tongzhen Temple immediately to arrest the surviving Taoist Tan Ming, and summon the sister of Yuxiang, a commoner, and the relevant people to come together." Arrive."
When Bao Xing heard the word "the day after tomorrow" and heard Bao Gong's order to capture Taoist priest Tan Ming, he immediately understood and asked worriedly: "Master, you have just recovered from your illness, are you going to go to court again?"
Bao Gong shook his head and said: "Human life is at stake, there must be no delay."
Bao Xing said hurriedly: "But..."
Bao Gong did not answer, but looked at him with a majestic look, and immediately told him to shut his mouth and retreat slumped.
Zishan Zhenren watched the whole process, smiled slightly, and pushed Xu Xian out from behind and said: "My disciple's surname is Xu and his name is Xian. Although he is young, he has some skills. If Bao Gong is short of manpower, it is better to keep him for a job and send him back to the mountain after this matter is over."
...Ah?
Xu Xian was stunned and looked at his master in confusion.
Bao Zheng's eyes wandered between the master and the disciple. After a little thought, he nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble you, Xu!"
Zishan Zhenren smiled, turned around and left.
Bao Zheng sat on the bed, looked through the window at the back of Zishan Zhenren riding a cloud and left, and couldn't help but sighed: "It's really the style of a master!"
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Fifteen days later, Ziyang Temple.
Xu Xian, who had just returned, said excitedly while making tea for his master: "Bao Gong is worthy of being Bao Gong. No matter how troublesome the matter is, he can handle it calmly like pulling out silk from a cocoon."
"In this case of Grand Tutor Pang, Taoist Tan Yue of Tongzhen Temple was sentenced to exile at the border, and Yuxiang was sent to the Jiaofangsi for secretly helping the evil Taoist to transport women, along with other vicious women such as Jin Guafu who were also involved in the incident."
"As for Taoist Tan Ming, he had nothing to do with this matter, but he was too timid to expose his master and senior brothers, so he was punished to confiscate all the dirty silver in Tongzhen Temple, and then succeeded the position of the temple master..."
"The most hateful one is Grand Tutor Pang. He clearly committed such an evil deed, and the evidence is conclusive, but because he is a royal relative, his Majesty only took off his official hat and fined him for three years. It's really unreasonable!"
When he said the last sentence, Xu Xian showed an angry expression on his face.
Zishan Zhenren said calmly: "The emperor and the country are just like this, what's so strange about it."
As he said that, he glanced at Xu Xian and said: "If you are dissatisfied, I can teach you the dragon-slaying technique when I have time. I'm afraid that you are weak and can't do such a great thing to change the world."
"..."
Xu Xian blinked his eyes, not understanding what his master was saying.
Zishan Zhenren drank a sip of tea, stood up and said: "Calculating the time, it's almost time. I won't practice boxing today. Come to my cave. I will formally teach you the magic skills I created in seclusion for three months!"
Xu Xian was full of surprise, and quickly put down the teapot and followed.
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The sun rises and sets, and in the blink of an eye, eight years have passed.
In these eight years, Zishan Zhenren has been staying near Ziyang Temple. The only time he went down the mountain was four years ago when Bao Gong passed away. Zhan Zhao, Bao Xing and others wrapped their heads in white cloth and went up the mountain to invite Zishan Zhenren to Kaifeng to preside over the ritual.
In addition, Master Zishan did not step out of the Taoist temple. Every day, he either taught disciples or practiced. Occasionally, he activated the system tasks and took the trouble to complete them and receive the system rewards.
Eight years passed like this. With the help of the system tasks, Master Zishan's cultivation had soared to 1,500 years, far exceeding his magic power in his previous life.
Not only that, the magic skills he mastered were also replaced by system products.
His real combat power was already several levels higher than the peak of his previous life.
With such strength, as long as he did not fall into a besieged situation, it would definitely not be a problem to seek revenge on several old acquaintances in his previous life.
But Master Zishan still did not take action.
This was not because he let go of his hatred, but since three years ago, the world had changed again.
Those immortals, gods and Buddhas who had disappeared inexplicably before, unexpectedly reappeared.
The demons who took advantage of the disappearance of the immortals, gods and Buddhas to seize the heaven and the underworld were also subdued by the returning immortals, either dying or being taken as immortal mounts.
In his previous life, Master Zishan was also a great demon, and the old demons who were qualified to participate in the siege of him were basically among this group of demons.
This led to Master Zishan being depressed to find that he had outlasted the other party before he had time to take revenge himself.
After learning this information, Master Zishan was even more reluctant to go down the mountain.
However, his eldest disciple Xu Xian obtained the right to go down the mountain freely from him since he reached the peak of Qi Hai two years ago.
In the past two years, Xu Xian has been active near Lin'an Prefecture, and even participated in several major events in the martial arts world with Bai Yutang. He was given a resounding name of "The God Fist is the best, Lin'an Xu Hanwen" by the gossipers in the martial arts world.
Speaking of this, it has to be mentioned that after Xu Xian entered the Qi Hai realm, the excessive medicinal power in his body was finally digested, causing his originally overly strong body to gradually shrink.
Now in appearance, he is very close to the handsome young man in the original book.
If there is any difference, it is probably that the Xu Xian in this world is taller and more heroic in temperament, lacking the delicate and bookish air...