"Bang"!
When Hua Qingcheng raised her gun and shot at Wang Zhenyi's heart, he actually pulled the Taoist priest next to him over as a shield, and then quickly fled to the cave entrance.
"hateful!"
Hua Qingcheng raised the gun again, and with a "bang", the bullet hit Wang Zhenyi's calf.
Ignoring the pain in his right wrist and left calf, Wang Zhenyi endured the severe pain and continued to run out of the cave.
"You little bastard!"
In the main hall of the cave, the remaining dozen or so Taoists immediately surrounded Shan Zuo.
"Bang"!
"Bang"!
"Bang"!
…
Hua Qingcheng's submachine gun, equipped with bullets made by Zuo An, could fire 30 bullets at a time, and it could fire continuously. After firing several more shots at the fleeing Wang Zhenyi, Hua Qingcheng saw that Shan Zuo was surrounded by people. She had to temporarily give up chasing the old Taoist and save Shan Zuo first.
Soon, more than ten Taoist priests who were hit in the vital parts fell to the ground with "bang bang bang".
"Master, you should go after that fake Taoist priest and don't worry about me..." Shan Zuo's eyes were red, and he felt guilty for being a burden.
"That thief Taoist priest has been injured by me. He won't be able to get far. Catching him is important, but I can't let anything happen to you. Ah Zuo, you are not a burden. Those children were able to escape, and you... played an indispensable role!"
Hua Qingcheng rubbed Dan Zuo's head, and then she took out a black mid-length down jacket from the space, put it directly on the ragged Dan Zuo, and took out a pair of lace-up fleece sneakers for him to wear.
Dan Zuo was no longer surprised by his master's casual access to things. Although the sleeves of the dress were a bit long, and the hem even covered Dan Zuo's ankles, it was still very warm. The shoes were also a bit large, but as long as they were tied tightly, they could still be worn, which was better than going barefoot.
In order to sneak into Xiangyang Temple, Shan Zuo disguised himself as a beggar fainted from hunger. Although his identity was fake, he was wearing only tattered clothes in the cold winter, and he was barefoot, enduring hunger and cold. These were all real. Looking at his red hands and feet from the cold, Hua Qingcheng felt both admiration and pity.
"master……"
Shan Zuo, who usually had aloof temperament and only had eyes for his younger brother, Ah You, couldn't help but feel deeply warmed by Hua Qingcheng's actions. The feeling of being affirmed and valued moved Shan Zuo deeply. The clothes that his master draped on him warmed not only his body, but also his heart.
At this moment, Shan Zuo has changed from initially joining Hua Qingcheng with the purpose of taking care of his younger brother Ayou to wholeheartedly accepting and being loyal to this master.
"Zuo, let's go!"
"Maybe we can catch up with that thief Taoist priest."
After seeing that Shan Zuo was not seriously injured, Hua Qingcheng took out two high-intensity flashlights from the space, took one for herself, and handed one to Shan Zuo. Then the two of them followed the bloodstains on the ground to chase Wang Zhenyi.
After exiting the cave, Hua Qingcheng fired a flare into the air. Shan Zuo shone a powerful flashlight around and found a piece of dark blue cloth on a branch not far from the cave entrance.
"Master, could it be that the thief Taoist priest ran to the mountain and hid there?" Shan Zuo took a piece of cloth from the tree branch and pointed to the forest leading to the mountain with bloodstains on it.
"Zuo, seeing is not necessarily believing."
This place was deep in the mountains, rarely visited by people, with thorns and weeds everywhere. Hua Qingcheng carefully observed the bloodstains, but there was no sign of anyone walking above, so she immediately denied Shan Zuo's statement.
Hua Qingcheng searched carefully along the path she had taken with the Taoist priest, and sure enough, she found bloodstains in an inconspicuous place.
"A Zuo, that thief Taoist priest is playing a trick on us! Let's go! I know where he's going."
So, Hua Qingcheng brought Shan Zuo to the entrance of the underground palace.
This area is the territory of Xiangyang Temple. Rumor has it that tigers roam the mountain year-round, and it's said the temple's previous abbot was eaten by a tiger. As a result, the government has banned local residents from ascending the mountain. This, in turn, makes it much easier for the fake Taoist priest Wang Zhenyi to use a secret passage to ascend the mountain and refine elixirs without being noticed.
The entrance to the underground palace was quite unique, located on the site of a tomb. Hua Qingcheng first used the method of breaking the Bagua formation on the tomb mound, pressing left and right on several bricks. Then, with a loud bang, the tomb mound moved aside, revealing a staircase leading to the underground palace.
After Hua Qingcheng and Shan Zuo went down the stairs, the grave mound closed automatically, just like when she followed the Taoist priest out of the underground palace.
"Master, there are traces of blood here on the tunnel ticket. It seems the thief Taoist priest has really been here."
Shan Zuo checked the blood on the ground and saw that it had not dried yet, which meant that the person who left the blood had just left.
"A Zuo, let's catch up!"
After walking through the tunnel ticket, Hua Qingcheng and Shan Zuo passed through several stone doors and arrived at the deepest part of the underground palace.
After leaving the magnificent underground palace, they continued along the tunnel that connected the underground palace with Xiangyang Temple.
"Master, the blood is gone."
After entering the secret passage with stone chambers on both sides, Shan Zuo found that the bloodstains had disappeared.
"It's possible that it's hidden in the secret room. It's a pity that Monk Hua is not here, otherwise he could use his internal force to break all these doors..." Hua Qingcheng said with a little regret.
(Wu Chen: My dear sister, do you want to tire me to death? There are dozens of stone gates there...)
"Master, I've seen the fat Taoist priest open the door of the stone chamber. I think it should be similar."
Then, Shan Zuo came to the door of a stone chamber. He first climbed up the stone door, then reached out to touch the eyes of the stone dragon coiled on the door, and rotated the stone dragon's eyeballs clockwise.
"Strange, why is there no response? This is how the fat Taoist priest opened the stone door in the secret room under the big kitchen before. Why doesn't it work now?" Shan Zuo asked puzzledly.
"Azu, maybe... you should try turning in the opposite direction." Hua Qingcheng said after observing for a while.
"Yes, Master."
Upon hearing this, Shan Zuo immediately rotated the stone dragon's eyeballs counterclockwise. With a sharp grinding sound, the door of the stone chamber slowly opened, revealing an empty chamber before Hua Qingcheng and Shan Zuo.
"A Zuo, you'll be in charge of opening the right row of secret rooms, and I'll be in charge of the left row. We'll start from here and investigate one by one."
Hua Qingcheng has found Shan Zuo and released a signal flare. The previously abducted children have also been found by Situ Ye and Wu Chen. Hua Qingcheng now has plenty of time to catch Wang Zhenyi, the fake Taoist priest.
"Yes, Master."
Shan Zuo jumped down from the door nimbly and prepared to open the second secret room.
"Boom~"
"Boom boom~"
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Hua Qingcheng and Shan Zuo opened the two rows of stone chambers in the secret passage one by one and checked them one by one.
Finally, when Shan Zuo drove to the sixteenth secret room, he saw Wang Zhenyi...
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