As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Mingtai took Zhang Meng's hand and strode out of the room. Before Zhang Meng could figure out what was going on, she let the man next to her lead her to the door.
Just as they were about to reach the door, two soldiers in military uniforms suddenly appeared at the door, with cold faces, and stretched out their hands to block the way of the couple.
Seeing this, Gu Mingtai's face darkened. Without stopping, he took Zhang Meng's hand and rushed towards the two men in military uniforms.
The three men fought each other for a few times, and finally the two soldiers at the door were defeated.
At the same time, they discovered that the man they were stopping was the same as them, a soldier.
"Comrade Gu, please stay." Seeing that the people at the door couldn't stop him, Qingyuan had to step forward and shout.
Gu Mingtai, who had just walked out of the door, pretended not to see it and continued to walk downstairs holding Zhang Meng's hand.
Seeing this, Qingyuan could only sigh and quickly catch up.
Finally, he caught up with the young couple downstairs as they were about to leave.
"Comrade Gu, Comrade Zhang, please stay. Qingyuan really has something to say. Please listen to what I have to say before you two decide whether to stay or go. Okay?"
Zhang Meng, who was following behind Gu Mingtai, called out to his back, "Gu Mingtai."
After taking two steps, Gu Mingtai heard a sound behind him. He struggled in his heart, but finally slowed down his pace. After a while, he stopped.
Qing Yuan, who was standing behind them, saw this and a smile flashed across her face. She quickly walked up to them and said, "Please sit down, both of you. Let's have a good chat, okay?"
Gu Mingtai hesitated for a moment, looked at him, then took Zhang Meng's hand and sat on the sofa in the hall.
Qingyuan touched his nose, quickly followed and sat on the sofa opposite.
Not long after he sat down, Gu Mingtai, who was sitting opposite him, spoke first, "You don't have to say anything. My husband and I will not go to the underworld."
After hearing what he said, Zhang Meng looked at Qing Yuan who was sitting opposite them with a look of shock on her face.
Qing Yuan's old face showed embarrassment, and he stammered, "We know that this is a bit unreasonable, but it's just that only you two can do it, there's nothing we can do!"
Gu Mingtai raised his eyebrows in displeasure and said coldly, "Are you kidding us? There are so many cultivators in China. I don't believe that there is no one who can accomplish this."
Qing Yuan smiled bitterly. "This is true. I really didn't lie to you. Do you know why I sent my three disciples to find you? Also, do you know how I know your names?"
Just after he asked these two questions, before Gu Mingtai could ask, Zhang Meng couldn't help but ask him, "Yes, I've always been curious about this question. How did you know my husband's name and my name, and how did you know that we could find the five jade beads?"
Qing Yuan took a deep breath, then let out a long sigh before slowly moving his lips. "We in Nanhai are a family of monastics with a history of a thousand years. My generation is the eighty-eighth, and I know that every leader of Nanhai must go to a sacred place. There's a mysterious stone there, and every hundred years, two names appear on the stone. These two names are the names of important figures who can shoulder the responsibility of saving the country. It just so happens that during this hundred years, the names that appeared on the stone are yours."
Zhang Meng looked at the man sitting next to her in shock.
After hearing this, Gu Mingtai's face was filled with surprise for a moment, and now he returned to his usual calm self.
"What you said is completely unfounded. I can say that you made it up just to trick my husband and me into going to the underworld to get the Resurrection Grass."
When Qing Yuan heard his slander, he immediately became furious, his white beard almost standing up, and he shouted loudly, "Comrade Gu, don't think that just because you are an important person in this country, you can slander me at will. If you do this again, I will fight you to the death even if it means being hated by the country and the people."
Gu Mingtai's expression was still cold, and he didn't seem to be affected by Qingyuan's angry look.
Finally, Zhang Meng couldn't stand it anymore and quickly stepped between them to mediate. "You two, can we talk it out nicely? Don't get angry. It's not good to get angry, don't you agree?"
Qingyuan glanced at her and snorted softly, "Comrade Zhang, I'm not being unreasonable in this matter. It's just that your man's words are too infuriating."
Zhang Meng smiled awkwardly and quickly continued, "Master Qingyuan, what you just said is actually hard to believe, not only does my husband not believe it, but I myself can't believe it either. How could such a strange stone exist in this world? I don't believe it."
Qing Yuan was so angry when she said that that his beard stood up even higher. He grabbed his white beard and twisted it around, saying, "I, an old man, can't prove anything to you right away. But if you don't believe me, I can make an example of you and let you go to the South China Sea to see the stone I mentioned."
"That's not necessary. In fact, we don't dare to tell whether this is true or not. The result is that we don't want to go to the underworld to get the resurrection grass. We don't want to die yet. We have family and they still need us to take care of them."
After Gu Mingtai said this somewhat cold-blooded statement, he grabbed Zhang Meng's hand and walked towards the door again.
"Do you really want the person above to be gone? Do you really want to see the tragedy that our country suffered when it was invaded by those countries like Country R decades ago?" Qing Yuan shouted loudly at the backs of the couple.
Zhang Meng, who was walking behind Gu Mingtai, suddenly stopped.
Gu Mingtai, who was walking in front, suddenly felt that his wife was not keeping up with him. He stopped, turned around with a frown, and called out to her in confusion, "Wife!"
Zhang Meng stopped and smiled at him, "Gu Mingtai, I want to help with this!"
Gu Mingtai's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard her words. "Don't listen to his nonsense. There are many people practicing Taoism in China. I don't believe that apart from us, there is no one else in China who can do this. Let's go home. Grandma and Xiao Tao are waiting for us at home. Let's go quickly."
After saying that, he reached out to hold her hand.
Zhang Meng dodged his outstretched hand and continued to smile at him, "Gu Mingtai, the reason I want to go is because of what the well spirit said to me last time in the ancient well. Do you remember? He said that if I want to find out the secrets of myself, I must go to the underworld. It's been so long, and so many things have happened. I want to find out those secrets of mine."
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