Chapter 759: Can't Sit Still
The entire white sand world was blown away by the wind. Shao Huzheng came to his senses and found himself standing in Chengyang Manor. The waning moon was already tilted, and Gong Mengbi was standing beside him. It seemed as if what had just happened was just a dream, and was gone with the wind.
The old man whose soul had just been captured had the same feeling as him.
Although the night was dark, the lights were bright. Two old men sat opposite each other, one was Xinjue, who had escaped from Gong Mengbi's dream, and the other was a thin Taoist monk in simple clothes.
Xinjue hadn't even placed a chess piece in his hand yet. One moment he was playing chess with the Taoist in front of him, and the next moment he was possessed by someone in a dream. Now when he came to his senses, the chess piece was still in his hand.
The Taoist asked, "Who has taken your soul away?"
Xinjue shook his head, threw the chess piece on the board, and said, "Old Ghost Hou, I have to go."
The Taoist frowned slightly and said, "You came and left in such a hurry, what was the reason?"
Xinjue didn't answer, but just flashed away and left Hushan.
The chess game was already in disarray. Taoist Hou looked at the chaotic state of the black and white pieces on the chessboard, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. "Has something changed?"
He took the chaotic situation as the hexagram, and with just a slight calculation, he got the hexagram of a fox star shining brightly and disunity.
"Who is preventing me from enlightening Zhang Chengzu?"
Taoist Hou could no longer sit still, and rushed to Xia Pi County without waiting for dawn.
At night, it was clearer to see: the lunar energy descended from the sky, and a large spark of Mars danced, leaping like a fox around the Zhang family. Taoist Hou immediately understood, his expression darkening. He said, "He wasn't destined for such a fate. How could he have entered the Dao with the Fox Book?"
Although the fox book is a method of cultivation, firstly, it is written in fox script, which humans cannot understand. Secondly, it is a fox method of cultivation, and its affinity with humans is shallow. Zhang Chengzu has a master-disciple relationship with him, so his affinity with foxes is even shallower. Otherwise, why would he use the fox book to set up a trap to lure Zhang Chengzu into the Tao?
Who knew that the thing that was supposed to be used to enlighten Zhang Chengzu would instead lead Zhang Chengzu astray.
If you go into the wrong door and want to go back, you will have to go around in circles and make a big detour, which will be a waste of a lot of effort.
"Who came up with the idea of setting up the Fox Book scheme? Was it Xinjue, me, or the Xia Pi City God? How could a group of wild foxes cause such trouble?"
Taoist Hou sighed, stretched out his hand and flicked the sky, which immediately caused the falling Taiyin Yuan Qi to become disordered, interrupting Zhang Chengzu's shallow practice.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taoist Hou went to the City God Temple.
What someone did could not be hidden from Gong Mengbi.
Shao Huzheng was seeking his advice on cultivation. The interplay of reality and illusion in his previous dreams had left Shao Huzheng's mind aflame. He wasn't obsessed with Taoist magic, but seeing the shifting, sometimes real, sometimes fake, forms of his inner fire, he concluded that Gong Mengbi's attainments in fire magic were also profound, and he could learn from him.
Gong Mengbi was indeed a master at playing with fire, and his Heart Fire Technique had already reached a high level. He was instructing Shao Huzheng when he suddenly raised his head and looked towards Xia Pi, saying, "Hmm? Someone's getting restless."
Shao Hu was looking in the direction he was looking, but he saw nothing, so he could only ask, "What happened?"
Gong Mengbi said, "Zhang Chengzu was worshiping the moon and submitting to the emperor. Someone couldn't stand it and reached out to disturb Xia Pi's vitality. Now Xia Pi's vitality is in a mess, like a pot of boiling water. Young Master Zhang will never be able to fish anything out of the boiling water."
“So much happened, and I didn’t see anything.”
"Don't be impatient. You have a solid foundation in cultivation and are diligent. Sooner or later you will be able to enter the middle third level."
Shao Hu was looking at Gong Mengbi, with a feeling of awe as if he was looking up to a mountain, and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
Gong Mengbi saw this and asked, "What do you want to say? Hesitating to speak doesn't seem like your personality."
Shao Huzheng was a little surprised: "We just met, how do you know my personality?"
"Your personality lies in your spirit. You are straightforward and determined, and you are brave enough to explore. You are rare to see."
"Am I like this?" Shao Huzheng couldn't explain it clearly, but there was a smile on his face.
"So what's wrong with that?"
Shao Huzheng hesitated for a moment, then said, "I just feel that with your abilities, you shouldn't be confined to such a position. Being a petty Huzheng doesn't really suit your abilities."
"Why is that consistent? What I'm doing is just what a fox would do."
Shao Huzheng shook his head and said, "If you say that, wouldn't someone like me, Huzheng, be ashamed to death?"
He guessed, "Don't you want to go back to Tianhuyuan?"
Gong Mengbi laughed and said, "Because I haven't finished what I need to do yet, I can't be distracted by other things."
Shao Huzheng didn't know what he was going to do, but he was looking forward to it: "I am looking forward to you going to Tianhuyuan as soon as possible and changing the layout of Tianhuyuan. You will definitely be able to compete with those foxes from aristocratic families."
"You think so highly of me?"
"Who told you to be Gong Mingfu?"
Gong Mengbi did not respond, but said: "We can talk about future matters later, let's deal with the current issues first."
Shao Huzheng nodded silently: "Then are we going to Xia Pi now?"
Gong Mengbi shook his head and said, "I'm not the one who's anxious right now, so let's wait."
He looked at Shao Huzheng and continued to explain the changes in the heart fire. Shao Huzheng actually took some time to calm down.
At the crowing of the cock, the five ghosts returned in the morning light, bringing the news they had gathered.
"The five of us brothers inquired with a few ghost soldiers about the news. The Xia Pi City God is Zhang Chengzu's relative. Although it is not often mentioned now, many people knew it in the early years."
"The current City God is a legitimate deity bestowed by the imperial court. He was granted the title of City God for his meritorious service in punishing bandits. In the early years, the Zhang family often acted under the name of being the descendant of the City God, but gradually stopped mentioning it, and by this generation, few people know about it anymore."
"Is it a merit to kill a thief? What thief did you kill?"
"That's not clear."
"Go check the county annals and ask the community god. Besides the Zhang family, check the Yu, Ding, Wang, Yang, and Li families as well. Be careful not to get discovered."
The five ghosts came and went in a hurry. Without Yu He's help working underground, the five ghosts could only work hard on the surface. Fortunately, they were now capable enough, otherwise Gong Mengbi would have to be careful that they would be captured by the guarding ghosts when they went to the county government to check the county annals.
Shao Hu had been up all night, cultivating with Gong Mengbi. After hearing this news, he understood: "No wonder Miao Hu sued Zhang Chengzu and was ridiculed. It turns out they all knew that Zhang Chengzu was a descendant of the City God."
Shao Huzheng was somewhat gloating: "Now it's fine. Since you didn't want to care about it before, then don't even think about it now."
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