"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a murder?"

Taoist Zishan glared at the clerk behind the counter, then flicked his sleeves, picked up the bloody body of Taoist Xing Ji, turned around, and walked leisurely towards the fog behind.

The guy behind the counter looked stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses, looked at Master Zishan's back and muttered, "Why do I feel like he looks familiar..."

Master Zishan did not give the fellow a chance to observe carefully. He strode into the fog, made a gesture with his right hand, and disappeared into the fog.

At the same time, in the fog, Zhan Zhao, holding the Juque sword, cautiously moved forward.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the right. Zhan Zhao was startled and swung his sword to kill without hesitation.

"clang--"

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the mist.

Master Zishan's palm was filled with golden light. He blocked the sharp sword swung by Zhan Zhao and said with a frown, "It's me."

Zhan Zhao was startled, and quickly retracted his sword, saying apologetically: "So it's the Taoist priest..."

Master Zishan dispersed the golden light, lowered his arms, looked at the surrounding fog and said, "This street is the only way to get to Banbuduo. Without mastering a specific method, you can't get out of the fog."

"I see."

Zhan Zhao suddenly realized something, and then asked in a low voice, "What is half a step more?"

Master Zishan was pinching his fingers to lead the way for Zhan Zhao, while casually explaining: "Banbuduo is an inn, it connects the three realms, it's a place like a gods and demons' post station or a transit station."

"Master Xing Ji fled here, probably intending to escape to the Demonic Path through the Banbuduo Inn..."

Zhan Zhao asked doubtfully, “The devil’s way?”

Zishan Zhenren glanced at him and said, "There is a thousand-year-old purple bat spirit in the Demonic Path, who loves the art of collecting and replenishing. It is very likely that Taoist Xingji and Tongzhen Temple secretly transported women under the instructions of the thousand-year-old purple bat spirit."

After hearing what Master Zishan said, Zhan Zhao finally understood everything.

He immediately said angrily: "This is outrageous!"

After that, he asked again: "Master, do you know how to enter the half-step?"

Zishan Zhenren smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise, how could I accept that Taoist Xingji before you?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned and asked in surprise, "Master Xing Ji has been stopped by you?"

Master Zishan nodded and said, "Well, when we return to the Bao Mansion, I will tell Lord Bao everything..."

Zhan Zhao was delighted again and asked hurriedly, "Is Bao Gong awake?"

Master Zishan said with a smile: "Calculate the time. By the time we return, he should have woken up a moment ago..."

Zhan Zhao said happily: "What are you waiting for? Come back quickly!"

…

…

A quarter of an hour later, Bao Zheng sat on the bed in the study, rubbing his temples, frowning and saying, "So, my illness was caused by that Grand Master Pang who asked the evil Taoist priests at Tongzhen Temple to perform a spell to curse and kill me?"

“That’s right!”

Bao Xing, who was waiting beside the bed, nodded repeatedly, and then looked at Bai Yutang and Zishan Zhenren with gratitude and said, "If it weren't for Brother Bai's generosity in bringing Master Zhan to invite Zishan Zhenren, I'm afraid you would be in great danger this time!"

“…”

Bao Zheng calmed himself, raised his head, glanced at Bao Xing, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Gongsun Ce, Xu Xian, Zishan Zhenren and others in the study, and then bowed solemnly to express his gratitude.

"Bao Zheng thanks the brave man Bai for his heroic actions!"

"Thank you Taoist Zishan for your help!"

Bai Yutang quickly dodged to the side, not daring to accept the gift.

Although Master Zishan gladly accepted it, he still said modestly on the surface: "Your Excellency has done good deeds for the country and the people. I am just representing the people of the world and returning the good results... It's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

Bao Zheng smiled and said: "The Taoist priest is indeed a man of great righteousness. I wonder where Changxian Township is?"

"When Bao recovers from his illness, I may go to the temple to pay my respects..."

Master Zishan hesitated and said, "This..."

Seeing this, Bai Yutang hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency may not know that Taoist Master Zishan is a true hermit who rarely steps into the secular world. Ziyang Temple has no pilgrims and is not open to the public."

"If the Prime Minister had not been in trouble this time, I'm afraid the Taoist priest would not have made an exception and come out..."

"So that's how it is." Bao Zheng suddenly realized, and then looked at Master Zishan with admiration.

Feeling the admiring gazes of everyone in the study, Master Zishan didn't think it was a big deal. Instead, Xu Xian felt honored and couldn't help but hold his head high with his chest puffed out, a smile on his face.

After the conversation, Bao Zheng's thoughts gradually became clear and his brain began to work normally.

He went through the whole story he had heard from the crowd, then turned to look at Gongsun Ce and said, "I already know what happened. Tomorrow I will write a memorial to the emperor. First, I respectfully ask for His Majesty's well-being and to thank His Majesty for his absence. Second, I want to report that Grand Tutor Pang used the magic of nightmares to secretly murder ministers."

"Now that the memorial is written, you can place it on the table. I will present it to the court at five o'clock the day after tomorrow."

Hearing Bao Gong's instructions, Gongsun Ce nodded quickly. Bao Gong turned to look at Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, Ma Han and others, and said, "You should go to Tongzhen Temple immediately, arrest the remaining Taoist Tan Ming, and summon Yuxiang's sister and other people involved in the incident to come to the court together."

When Bao Xing heard the word "the day after tomorrow" and heard Bao Gong's order to arrest Taoist Tan Ming, he immediately understood and asked worriedly, "Master, you have just recovered from your illness, so you want to go to court again?"

Bao Gong shook his head and said, "Human life is at stake. We cannot delay."

Bao Xing said hurriedly: "But..."

Bao Gong did not answer, but just looked at him with a majestic look, which immediately made him shut up and retreat dejectedly.

Master Zishan watched the whole process and smiled. He pushed Xu Xian out from behind and said, "My disciple's surname is Xu Xian. Although he is young, he has some skills. If Lord Bao is short of manpower, it is better to keep him for use. When this matter is over, he can be released back to the mountain."

……ah?

Xu Xian was stunned and looked at his master in confusion.

Bao Zheng's eyes wandered between the master and his disciple. After a little thought, he nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, little friend Xu!"

Master Zishan smiled, then turned around and left.

Bao Zheng sat in the bedroom, looking through the window at the back of Master Zishan riding a cloud away, and couldn't help but sighed: "It's really the style of a master!"

…

…

Fifteen days later, Zi Yang Temple.

Xu Xian, who had just returned, made tea for his master and said excitedly, "Bao Gong is indeed Bao Gong. No matter how difficult the matter is, he can handle it calmly like peeling silk from a cocoon."

"In this case of Grand Tutor Pang, Taoist Tan Yue from Tongzhen Temple was sentenced to exile at the border, and Yuxiang was exiled to the Jiaofangsi for secretly helping the evil Taoist to transport women, along with other vicious women involved in the case, such as Widow Jin."

"As for Taoist Tan Ming, he had nothing to do with this matter. He was just too timid to expose his master and senior brothers, so he was punished to confiscate all the dirty silver in Tongzhen Temple, and then succeeded the position of the temple master..."

"The most hateful one is that Grand Tutor Pang. He clearly committed such an evil act and the evidence is irrefutable. However, because he is a royal relative, His Majesty only removed his official hat and fined him three years' salary. This is really unreasonable!"

When he said the last sentence, Xu Xian showed an angry expression on his face.

Master Zishan said calmly: "The emperor's kingdom is just like this, there's nothing strange about it."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Xian and said, "If you are dissatisfied, I can teach you the art of slaying dragons when I have time. I am afraid that you are weak and cannot do such a great thing."

“…”

Xu Xian blinked his eyes, not understanding what his master was saying.

Master Zishan drank a sip of tea, stood up and said, "It's almost time. I won't practice boxing today. Come to my cave. I will formally teach you the magic skills I created during my three-month retreat!"

Xu Xian's face was full of surprise. He quickly put down the teapot and followed.

…

…

The sun rises and sets, and in the blink of an eye, eight years have passed.

During these eight years, Master Zishan has been living near Ziyang Temple. The only time he went down the mountain was four years ago when Bao Gong passed away. Zhan Zhao, Bao Xing and others wrapped their heads in white cloth and went up the mountain to invite Master Zishan to go to Kaifeng to preside over the ritual.

Apart from this, Master Zishan never left the Taoist temple. Every day he either taught disciples or practiced. Occasionally, he would activate a system task and complete it carefully to receive the system's rewards.

Eight years passed like this, and with the help of the system tasks, Master Zishan's cultivation had skyrocketed to 1,500 years, far exceeding his magical powers in his previous life.

Not only that, all the magical powers and techniques he mastered were also replaced by those produced by the system.

His actual combat power is already several levels higher than his peak in his previous life.

With such strength, as long as he doesn't fall into a situation of being besieged, it will definitely not be a problem to seek revenge on some old acquaintances from the previous life.

But Master Zishan still did not take any action.

This is not because he let go of his hatred, but because the world has changed since three years ago.

Those immortals, gods and Buddhas who had disappeared inexplicably before have reappeared.

The demons who took advantage of the disappearance of the gods and Buddhas to occupy the heaven and the underworld were also subdued by the returning gods and immortals. They either died or were taken as mounts by the gods and immortals.

True Man Zishan was also a great demon in his previous life. Most of the old demons who are qualified to participate in the siege of him are among this group of demons.

This resulted in Master Zishan discovering to his dismay that he had outlasted the other party before he had the chance to take revenge himself.

After learning this information, Master Zishan became even more reluctant to go down the mountain.

However, his eldest disciple Xu Xian, since he reached the peak of Qi Hai two years ago, obtained the right to go down the mountain freely from him.

In the past two years, Xu Xian has been active around Lin'an Prefecture, and even participated in several major events in the martial arts world with Bai Yuting. Among the martial arts world gossipers, he has earned a resounding nickname of "Lin'an Xu Hanwen, the unrivaled master of divine fists."

Speaking of this, we have to mention that after Xu Xian entered the Qi Hai realm, the excessive medicinal power in his body was finally digested, causing his originally overly strong body to gradually shrink.

Now in appearance, he is very similar to the handsome young man in the original work.

If there is any difference, it is probably that the Xu Xian in this world is taller and more heroic in temperament, lacking the delicate and bookish air...