Seeing Chen Sheng, housekeeper Lan Lin concealed her disgust.
"What is the name of this senior?"
She went up to him and saluted the dark-skinned old man.
"My husband, Zheng Wu, has moved to Tiexing Villa with his tribe in the past two years. I heard that there is an outstanding second-level formation mage in Wu Qi Mountain, so I came here to ask for help."
The dark-skinned old man forced a smile on his face, but it was a little awkward to match his fierce appearance.
"Tiexing Villa?"
When Lan Lin heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Chen Sheng.
Tiexing Villa was the original spiritual residence of Chen Sheng's family. It was mortgaged and sold off decades ago.
"Senior Zheng, follow me."
Lan Lin led the way to Xiaopan Peak and negotiated inside.
"Chen Sheng, don't bother me."
An unhappy voice came, and a tall, elegant and dignified beauty walked out of Xiaopanfeng's cave.
Zheng Wu frowned slightly and glanced at Chen Sheng.
Chen Sheng coughed lightly and smiled awkwardly:
"Manrong, I'm here to introduce you to business this time. This fellow Taoist Zheng Wu is the new owner of Tiexing Villa and the patriarch of the Zheng family."
Hearing the words "Tiexing Villa", Shi Manrong was startled and felt complicated.
She was adopted by the Chen family as a child, grew up there, practiced formations, got married and started a family.
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Zheng, please come in for discussion."
Shi Manrong raised her hand gracefully and opened the formation.
Chen Sheng looked happy and entered Xiaopan Peak with Zheng Wu.
…
At Xiaogui Peak, Lu Changan finished his daily practice and cultivation of treasure talismans.
Go out of the cave and check the growth of spiritual trees and herbs on the mountain.
When he first moved to Xiaogui Peak twenty years ago, Lu Changan planted many elixir seeds and spiritual tree seedlings.
The older they get, the higher the value of these spiritual wood herbs.
"Brother Lu, that scoundrel Chen Sheng is here again, and he has brought a fierce-looking Foundation Establishment monk with him to ask Master Fairy for help."
Every time Chen Sheng comes, Guan Qiaozhi will give the news.
Lu Changan nodded and didn't care. It didn't sound like he was here to find him.
Half an hour later.
Chen Sheng and a dark-skinned old man named Zheng Wu left Xiaopanfeng.
"Brother Zheng should be satisfied with my ex-wife's formation plan, right? Is my younger brother's reward..."
Chen Sheng had a flattering smile.
"Um."
Zheng Wu hummed and casually threw him a small bag of spirit stones.
Chen Sheng took it and took a look. His face was not good. There were only a dozen spiritual stones inside and some fragmented spiritual sand.
"I heard that there is a second-level alchemy master and talisman master in Wu Qi Mountain. Can Brother Chen introduce him to him?"
Zheng Wu's narrow eyes narrowed slightly.
…
"Hey! This person..."
On Little Turtle Peak, Lu Changan casually glanced at Chen Sheng and his two men flying in the distance.
His eyes were fixed on the sturdy dark-skinned old man.
Although he was much older and the scars on his face were almost gone, Lu Changan still recognized his identity.
"Brother Lu, do you know the old man who built the Foundation?"
Guan Qiaozhi noticed his expression.
"Well, this person's nickname is 'Zheng Centipede'. He was once the ninth-level Qi Refining elder of the Zheng family in Bamboo Leaf Mountain."
Surprise appeared on Lu Changan's face.
decades ago.
Zheng Centipede once led a team to intercept and kill their batch of fairy seedlings in front of Feiyue Lake.
Later, the Zheng family's Zhuye Mountain was conquered by the Mu family, and they chose to surrender to the Maple Leaf Huang family.
As the only remaining member of the ninth level of Qi Refining, Zheng Centipede moved away with his clan members.
At that time, in order to relocate safely, Zheng Centipede also went to the Zhou family to plead with the beast masters, and got the Zhou family's permission not to exterminate the Mu and Huang families.
On the way to move, he met Lu Changan and killed the ugly woman of the Zheng family in revenge.
"The Zheng family in Zhuyeshan? Is this the current Zhuyeshanfang City?"
Guan Qiaozhi suddenly said.
Looking at Zheng Centipede and Chen Sheng walking away.
Lu Changan fell into thinking and was a little confused.
If there was any deep hatred between him and Zheng Centipede, it wouldn't be so.
The two have never met each other, and there is no direct grudge or conflict of interest.
In his early years, Zheng Centipede might not have remembered him as a person.
To say that there is no hatred.
Zheng Centipede once led a team to intercept Xian Miao and posed a threat to him.
At that time, Lu Changan was only at the first level of Qi refining, which was his most vulnerable period.
"Qiaozhi, go out and inquire about Zheng Centipede."
Lu Changan ordered.
"Yes, Brother Lu."
Guan Qiaozhi flew out of Little Turtle Peak.
In addition to the three main peaks, Wuqi Mountain also has some dependent casual cultivators who serve the three main peaks in exchange for the qualifications to practice in Wuqi Mountain.
Some of them are relatively well-informed.
An hour later, Guan Qiaozhi came back and reported the general news.
"The second-level spiritual family residence that Chen Sheng used to mortgage and sell off was bought by the Zheng family who moved here two years ago due to the expiration of the agreement..."
Lu Changan understood the cause and effect.
The line of people brought out by Zheng Centipede back then were very resilient and stayed far away from the Zhuye Mountain area. Through hard work, they successfully survived.
Lu Changan suspected that Zheng Centipede should have carried some precious materials hidden by the Zheng family in his early years.
As long as the migrated lineage can give birth to the foundation building period, it will eventually rise again.
Judging from the induction just now, Zheng Centipede's cultivation at the third level of foundation building has been stagnant at the bottleneck for a long time.
He should have been promoted to the foundation building stage decades ago. It was only in the past two years that he led his tribe to find a piece of spiritual vein land.
…
A few days later.
A ray of light quickly turned back and returned to Wuqi Mountain.
The strong, dark-skinned old man flew to the Little Turtle Peak in the escaping light.
"In the past, 'Zheng Wu' of the Zheng family in Zhuye Mountain came to pay a visit to Master Lu Fu."
Zheng Centipede's voice was low and his face was solemn.
I waited for about ten breaths.
"Senior Zheng, my master has invited me."
A beautiful woman in a skirt came to greet him.
Both are foundation-building monks, and Zheng Centipede is the head of the family.
Lu Changan only sent one maid to greet him, which was actually a bit rude.
"Can you please lead the way, girl?"
Zheng Centipede looked calm, spoke kindly, and showed no displeasure.
Enter the main hall of the cave.
A gentle and quiet man in white came into view.
"Fellow Daoist Zheng, I have admired your name for a long time when I was young, but I only learned about it today."
Lu Changan said with a smile.
"Friend Lu Dao, you are serious! Zheng has been fascinated by your reputation as an inspiration for a long time."
Zheng Centipede bowed his hands.
Lu Changan returned the greeting and raised his hand to invite the guests to take their seats.
Zheng Centipede sat down at the foot with mixed emotions.
Decades ago, when he was intercepting the batch of fairy seedlings in front of Feiyue Lake, he only glanced at Lu Changan.
At that time, Lu Changan, who was at the first level of Qi Refining, killed the new members of his clan who were at the third level of Qi Refining.
Later, Zheng Feng, an ugly woman in the clan, had been bent on revenge for many years. He only heard this name inadvertently.
At that time, Lu Changan was just an insignificant person to him.
A few days ago, he followed Chen Sheng's guidance and came to Wuqi Mountain to seek formation techniques.
Afterwards, I heard Chen Sheng introduce the other two peak masters of Wuqi Mountain.
It wasn't until halfway through that he recalled the fragments deep in his memory that he could confirm the identity of the Lu Fu master.
…
Lu Changan chatted with Zheng Centipede for a while and learned about the current situation of the Zheng family.
The Zheng family has just moved to Tiexing Villa, and its overall strength is not as good as the Zheng family in Zhuyeshan in its heyday.
"Friend Lu Dao, this is my wish."
Zheng Centipede squeezed out a smile on his pitted and scarred face and presented a bag of spiritual stones.
"In the past, if Zheng had offended someone, I hope he would not take it personally."
Lu Changan took the spirit stone and scanned it with his spiritual consciousness. There were a thousand spirit stones.
"Fellow Daoist Zheng is too polite."
Lu Changan put away the spirit stone, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious.
"There is no personal grudge between us. What's more, Lu has left the Mu family in Feiyue Lake a long time ago, and now there is no enemy-friendly position."
"Fellow Daoist Zheng went outside to find out when Mr. Lu had a life-or-death relationship with someone."
"I've heard of the noble conduct of fellow Taoist Lu."
Zheng Centipede praised loudly.
He secretly cursed: Zheng Feng and his brother were killed by someone on the way.
The ugly woman Zheng Feng had only one life-or-death enemy in those years, and that was Lu Changan.
A few decades ago, I could only guess a few things, but I couldn't confirm them.
However, judging from Lu Changan's current achievements, it can be seen that he was deeply hidden when he was young, and he must avenge himself.
Zheng Centipede came to apologize. This was one of the reasons.
The Zheng family moved to Tiexing Villa. The foundation was unstable and the family protection formation was not completed. They did not want to offend a foundation-building casual cultivator with good strength and connections.
After Lu Changan established his foundation, he had no external achievements.
But as a second-level talisman master with a second-level spiritual beast, he is by no means an ordinary person.
Back then, this person was so hidden.
Who can estimate how strong it is now?
As fierce as Zheng Centipede, for the sake of his newly established family, he had no choice but to come to the door to apologize, spend money and eliminate disasters, and resolve grievances.
…
After chatting for half an hour, Zheng Centipede left.
Lu Changan sent him off personally.
Before, when Zheng Centipede came to visit, he deliberately neglected and asked his concubine to receive him.
In fact, he is secretly observing the person's expression to see if there is any resentment or dissatisfaction.
Walk to the entrance of the cave.
Zheng Centipede thought of something and asked:
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Chen Sheng said: You and he are in a relationship of mutual respect. Is this serious?"
Is it a relationship?
Lu Changan's face twitched slightly, he was angry and funny:
"There is no such thing. This person is disliked by everyone in Wuqi Mountain."
After thinking about it for a while, Zheng Centipede probably had other motives for asking this question.
"Why, Chen Sheng offended Fellow Daoist Zheng?"
"It's not that serious."
Zheng Centipede said with a smile.
"Because the current residence of my Zheng family, 'Tie Xing Villa', is the former clan land of the Chen family. There are some historical industries around the Villa, and there is a dispute with fellow Taoist Chen Sheng."
Lu Changan suddenly understood: Chen Sheng saw that the Zheng family had just arrived and the foundation was unstable, so he wanted to find a reason to knock some bamboo poles.
Zheng Centipede didn't have enough connections nearby, so he was wary of Chen Sheng and didn't break his skin.
"Fellow Daoist Zheng, if this person is making trouble unreasonably, there is no need to sell my and Fairy Master's favor."
Lu Changan responded.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lu, for your advice."
Zheng Centipede handed over his hands and left, a cold light flashing across his eyes.
Lu Changan watched this man's back and thought in his mind.
"We still have to observe it."
Just now, Zheng Centipede apologized and admitted his mistake, and saved money and disaster. His attitude was very sincere.
Lu Changan is not the extreme type who would rather kill a thousand people by mistake.
Let's temporarily resolve the grudges.
If Zheng Centipede shows no hostility or abnormal behavior after a few decades, it will be truly settled.
…
The day after Zheng Centipede left.
The Master Fairy from Xiaopan Peak came gracefully.
"Friend Lu Dao, I would like to ask you a few questions."
"There is no need to go to the cave."
Shi Manrong wore a plain skirt, smiled reservedly, raised her hands elegantly, and set up a soundproof barrier.
"What's the problem, Fairy Master?"
Lu Changan remained calm.
Shi Manrong has lost part of his memory for a year.
I don’t know what I recalled or what information I deduced.
"Before I fell into coma, did I ever mention a certain cave or ruins to fellow Taoist Lu?"
"No." Lu Changan said calmly.
Before he lost his memory, Shi Manrong was willing to cooperate with him to explore ancient ruins, but now he may not.
Furthermore, he didn’t know the specific location of the ancient ruins.
Shi Manrong rubbed her eyebrows. As for the ancient ruins, she only had the information about scales and claws left in her mind.
"Are we really just friends?"
"yes."
"Then why, I left a suicide note before I fainted and passed away, instructing me to give part of my inheritance to Fellow Daoist Lu."
Shi Manrong's eyes were as calm as water, staring at Lu Changan's facial expression.
Lu Changan was startled and looked surprised.
(End of chapter)
