"Of course we are going to Heizhugou. Immortal cultivators cannot cast spells in front of mortals. They want to take Juan'er away from the mountains, which will leave some traces. We can ask the nearby mountain people to see what happened. Has anyone seen these two men in black?"
Xiao Hua expressed his thoughts.
"This..., I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."
Zhang Zili pursed his lips.
"It's a bit difficult? What do you mean? Shouldn't we go to Heizhugou?".
Xiao Hua didn't understand.
"You should definitely go, but the Heizhugou secret realm is located within the sphere of influence of the Wawu Sect in Meishan. They have always regarded this secret realm as their own material backyard, and even assigned special personnel to guard it."
"Ah? The Wawu Sect has special personnel to guard it? How did you and Juan'er get in?"
Xiao Hua was startled, and suddenly felt that this matter was getting more and more chaotic. Why did another Tiewu Sect come out?
"That's right. Although the Wawu Sect regards the Heizhugou Secret Realm as its own material backyard, other sects do not admit it. People often force their way in for materials."
"The people responsible for guarding the Wawu faction could only stop and drive them away, but did not dare to kill them. Juan'er and I actually broke in by force."
"Could it be that the people who attacked you are the Wawu Clan? They want to prevent you from taking away the materials."
"I've thought about this, but it's unlikely. If they are really the Wawu sect, why bother covering their faces? Just reveal your identity and start expelling them."
"So after much thought, I realized that the reason why those people had to cover their faces was not to protect Juan'er and me, but to prevent them from being recognized by the people guarding the Wawu Sect."
"Well, that's right. Hey, it seems that Fellow Daoist Li has not been idle during this period. He has been investigating secretly." Xiao Hua smiled.
"Nonsense! Juan'er is my sister, and I myself was injured. Of course I had to investigate. I told the master about it, and the master notified Juan'er's master, and they went to Heizhugou and Wawu Pai in person. ".
"What? Your master and Juan'er's master have already checked?"
Xiao Hua was surprised again.
"Yes, although Heizhugou is used as a material backyard by the Wawu Sect, the various sects do not recognize it. Juan'er and I belong to Mujianmen and Qiuye Valley respectively. If something happens in Heizhugou, the sects will naturally make arrangements for us. host".
"Did they find anything?"
"No, the Wawu Pai said they are also victims and they are also investigating. If they find out, they will give us an explanation."
"That's it? What if they can't find it, or if they find it, they don't say anything?"
"That's why I'm in a hurry to find you. My master said that this kind of thing can be resolved without going to the door to hold people accountable. Holding them accountable only puts a little pressure on them to show the attitudes of our two factions. You have to find out the final truth yourself." .
"Well, your master is right. There must be many rules and regulations between various factions. It is more reliable to check it yourself."
"Then what should we do? How to check?".
Zhang Zili became anxious again.
"Well, let me think about it, even if the Wawu Clan didn't do this, didn't they have guards in the secret realm? Why didn't you see those guards when you were attacked?"
"If the guards are killed, there will definitely be traces of the fight. If they are not killed, then these guards will know something, so we still have to go to Heizhugou to have a look."
"Well, I also think we should ask the guards. Okay, let's go to Heizhugou."
Zhang Zili nodded.
At this moment, Xiao Hua suddenly felt two very powerful spiritual thoughts sweeping over him, and then, a man and a woman walked in from outside Zhang Zili's cave.
The man looked to be in his early forties, wearing a gray robe, a pair of flat cloth shoes, and an unsheathed wooden sword slung across his back. His face was like the moon, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were wide and shining, and his head was tied. With his hair in a bun and a beard under his lips, he looks like a middle-aged scholar.
The woman looks to be in her early thirties, with curved eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a gallbladder nose. Her face is like a begonia and her lips are as red as red. She wears a lotus-colored middle coat, a blue gauze outer layer, a pleated palace skirt, and a yellow silk ribbon tied around her waist. She has a pretty face. , plump body.
There was a faint layer of purple golden light on these two people, and they were both Nascent Soul stage monks.
"Master, Mistress, why are you here?"
Zhang Zili greeted him.
"Li'er, this little friend is the casual cultivator in southern Xinjiang you mentioned before?".
The beautiful middle-aged woman looked Xiao Hua up and down with her eloquent almond eyes.
"Yes, Master, this Brother Xiao is the sworn brother of my good sister Sun Juan'er from Qiuye Valley."
Xiao Hua quickly stood up and saluted the two seniors.
"I have met two seniors, the junior Southern Xinjiang casual cultivator Xiao Hua."
"Excuse me, I wonder if little friend Xiao came to my Mujianmen this time because of Li'er's attack and the disappearance of the little girl from Qiuye Valley?"
Zhang Zili's master asked.
"Returning to the seniors, this junior is here just for this matter."
"Then what does Xiaoyou think of this matter?".
"Well, this junior thinks that there is something fishy about this matter, and there must be other reasons behind the scenes."
"Well, what Xiaoyou said is right. This matter is not that simple. I want my little soul to practice immortality and hide in the world. There are only a few sects."
"Although various factions will occasionally fight for some small gains, they will never become truly hostile."
Zhang Zili's master said as he walked to the guest table and sat down. Zhang Zili's mistress pulled Zhang Zili and stood beside her master.
"If this matter is really not done by the Wayu Sect, then if these people dare to kidnap the Qiuye Valley disciples in the so-called material backyard of the Wayu Sect and injure people from my Mujian Sect, wouldn't it be equivalent to offending three sects at the same time?"
"I wonder who among the ordinary people dares to be so bold? So I think there must be something behind this matter, and it is very involved."
"Senior, I'd like to ask you, what do you think of this matter?"
Xiao Hua asked carefully.
"It's strange to say that since the Qin Emperor banned martial arts and immortal cultivators to hide in seclusion, the conflicts between various sects have become much less frequent."
"Especially after the seven sects jointly defeated the alien demon cultivator five hundred years ago, although there were occasional frictions between the various sects, they were generally in peace."
"However, the situation seems to have changed in recent years. First of all, the Thousand Gu Sect and the four Buddhist and Taoist sects are openly hostile over a few fire cloud crystals."
"There are also the Wang family and the Wawu sect in the capital. One wants to supervise the immortal cultivators, and the other collects materials for refining weapons everywhere. Even the Taibai Qingyun sect, which is famous for its alchemy and rarely appears in the world, has begun to frequently move among these four sects."
"It seems that in the entire hidden world of cultivating immortals, except for our Mujianmen and Qiuye Valley, other sects are doing something or some major event. And judging from the current situation, our Mujianmen and Qiuye Valley should not be in peace either." .
Zhang Zili's master had a feeling of "the clouds are rising in the stream, the sun is setting in the pavilion, and the rain is about to come, and the wind is filling the building."
Xiao Hua naturally knows something about these things. He and Huang Ming have communicated before and feel that the recent events in the Immortal Hidden World are likely to be related to the Minotaur.
But Xiao Hua didn't dare to tell Zhang Zili's master that it would be okay if these people knew that the Minotaur was let go by him.
