Chapter 267: Strange Movement in the Mountains
Chapter 267: Strange Movement in the Mountains
While Abbot Yuanzhi was bidding farewell to the Great Missionary Envoy, two Taoist priests were climbing a mountain thousands of miles away with great difficulty. As they climbed a few hundred meters, they would touch every slit, haystack, etc. on the surrounding mountain walls with caution. The exploration seemed to be looking for something.
"Brother Yuanwu, do you think the mysterious force that Master asked us to find is here? You and I have been in the Luofu Mountains for more than two months, and we have entered various abyss, swamps, dense forests, and mountains. After five or six times, except for some small mountain villages built by mortals, I have not found even a single practitioner. And I have to be so cautious and dare not use spells casually for fear of being discovered by people or those poisonous insects and monsters. I almost regard myself as a mortal instead of a person. You are called a cultivator." After climbing for another hour, they seemed to be tired, so they chose a flatter stone platform and sat cross-legged with their eyes closed to regulate their breathing. A middle-aged Taoist priest opened his eyes and complained to another young Taoist priest after meditating for a while.
This middle-aged Taoist priest has an average build, neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, and his face is also very ordinary. At best, he can only be described as comely. He only has a pair of clear eyes and warm eyes. He is wearing a green Taoist robe and has a herbal smell all over his body. Refreshing. Judging from his appearance, he should be older than the other Taoist priest he called "senior brother", but his attitude was very natural and he didn't feel embarrassed at all, as if he should be like this.
"Junior Brother Zhang, Master, he is so wise. How have you and I ever seen Master make mistakes since you and I became our disciples? Since Master said that there are mysterious forces operating here and sent you and me to investigate, we must be sure." A man with a heroic appearance As he spoke, the tall young Taoist priest glanced around with his eyes, as if he was alert and searching. Although he found nothing, his face was not depressed at all but was very calm.
After hearing the young Taoist priest's answer, the older Taoist priest also quickly corrected his expression and said sincerely, "Of course I believe in Master's judgment, but I am a little worried about not having gained anything for so long. I wonder if Master will think that we are incompetent to know this." But I really don’t want my first important mission to end in disgrace.” As he spoke, he couldn’t help but show a worried look on his face.
After listening to his words, the young Taoist priest comforted him: "Junior Brother Zhang, don't worry. Master's personality is not extremely harsh. He knows everything clearly. As long as we work hard, he won't blame us too much even if we don't succeed."
The Taoist priest known as Junior Brother Zhang calmed down slightly and nodded silently to continue adjusting his breath.
These two people were none other than Yun Long's eldest disciple Yuan Wuzi and Zhang Yun, his third disciple whom he had accepted twenty years ago. Speaking of Zhang Yun's apprenticeship, it is quite a coincidence: it turned out that on the night of August 15th twenty years ago, Zhang Yun took advantage of the full moonlight to go to Centipede Ridge in Baiman Mountain in the southwest to catch a local specialty, which can only be eaten under the full moon. The insect that comes out of its cave at night to absorb the moonlight to condense its inner elixir - the Cold Moon Centipede. However, he accidentally offended the "Yulingmen", a major side sect, and was hunted down by a group of side sect evil cultivators. When he was at the end of his rope, he happened to be rescued by Yunlong's clone You Longzi who came to the wild land of southwest to collect medicinal materials.
It turns out that since Zhang Yun obtained a large number of red-eyed golden ant corpses from Yunlong, through continuous research and refining, and with his talent in alchemy, he has successfully mastered several good elixirs and even spread several kinds of elixirs. This recipe uses insects as the main ingredient. Such an experience greatly increased his interest in the alchemy method of using insects as medicine, and through his careful taming, he had completely cured dozens of injured red-eyed golden ants.
After recovering, the red-eyed golden ants were actually able to use the insects' unique senses to find rare insects and herbs. This also provided a great help to Zhang Yun's alchemy, so he had the confidence to go to inaccessible and mysterious places. Trying to find the rare cold moon centipede in the southwest wilderness where beasts and insects are infested.
After this encounter, Zhang Yun really realized his weakness. Even though he had advanced to the stage of becoming a god, there were many who were stronger than him among the countless cultivators in Middle-earth China. Out of gratitude to You Longzi who saved him twice and worried about his own safety, he hesitated for a moment, just like You Longzi asked to become a disciple.
Yunlong's impression of Zhang Yun was not bad. The first rescue could be said to be a coincidence, but the second rescue could be said to be fate. Since the two were destined to meet Zhang Yun, he saw Zhang Yun's sincere intention to become a disciple and did not refuse. He took Zhang Yun back immediately. After a simple and solemn apprenticeship ceremony, Linglong Valley accepted Zhang Yun as its third disciple, named Yuanyangzi.
Zhang Yun has a gentle temper and is good at refining elixirs. He is often able to provide some good elixirs to his senior brother and the two guardians, so he gets along well with everyone in the sect. Perhaps because of the stimulation of almost losing his life, he practiced very hard. Even Yunlong was very satisfied with him.
Just three months ago, Yunlong suddenly conveyed a mission to Yuan Wuzi and Yuan Yangzi to investigate the actions of a mysterious force in the Luofu Mountains in the center of Middle-earth. Yunlong suspected that this mysterious force might have a big conspiracy that might even spread to the world.
After receiving the order, Yuanwuzi and Yunyangzi didn't think much about it. After simply packing up, they immediately headed to the Luofu Mountains together.
The Luofu Mountain Range is located in the hinterland of the Middle Earth and is surrounded by plains. As a result, a mountain range stretching for thousands of miles rose up in the center. It is full of spiritual energy and has many natural materials and treasures. It once attracted many cultivators to live in it. However, for unknown reasons, it eventually disappeared. After thousands of years of cultivators living here, the number of demonic beasts, poisonous insects, and other things has become increasingly rare. Later, even several highly toxic miasmas seemed to have appeared and caused many unaccustomed cultivators to leave. Now, except for demons, There are few people living here except for the people who come back occasionally to collect some poisonous insects and beast souls to refine magic weapons.
However, for Yuan Wuzi and Yuan Yangzi, who have reached the early stage of becoming gods, as long as they do not take the initiative to provoke those powerful monsters and poisonous insects, they can rely on their own cultivation and the insect repellent charm Yuan Yangzi refined for this trip to detoxify them. Dan and Dan will basically not encounter danger.
After resting for an hour to make up for their physical exertion, the two headed towards the mountain again. Since Yuan Yangzi had discovered a suspected trace left by a cultivator at the foot of the mountain, the two wanted to explore the mountain carefully to see if they could find anything. If the clues can really find that mysterious force, it will be worth the hard work these days.
