Chapter 1228 Smiling Tiger

At this moment, the night is dark and windy, and the cold moon is hanging high.

In the night, I am walking slowly on the bluestone steps with my hands behind my back.

Behind me are Wu Sheng, then the five elites of the Action Department, and then the disciples of Elder Jianchen of Maoshan.

As for Elder Jianchen, he is walking beside me, squinting his eyes and looking at me out of the corner of his eye.

"The bluestone steps leading up to our Maoshan Mountain are divided into nine sections, each of which has 9981 steps, and each step represents a tribulation. Going up a step means going through 9981 tribulations. Our Maoshan disciples practice on the mountain, and practice diligently every day. After learning from their master, they have to go down the mountain and enter the mortal world, and only after going through 9981 tribulations can they be considered successful. Over the past few thousand years, I don't know how many sages and great men have successfully gone through tribulations and climbed up our Maoshan Mountain again along this staircase."

Elder Jianchen regained his pride, and while stroking his beard, he continued, "This is the foundation of our Maoshan Mountain. Director Zhang, let me ask you a question, do you have such a deep foundation if you are from the Yinren lineage?"

"No." I shook my head. Elder Jianchen's arrogance became even more intense after hearing this. Even the group of Maoshan disciples behind him sneered in disdain.

However, my next words made Elder Jianchen's expression stagnate, and those Maoshan disciples were even more angry.

"I follow the Yinren lineage and never bother with these nonsense things. Ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties? Isn't it just a formality to go down the mountain? If it is really the real ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, I estimate that the number of Maoshan ancestors who can come back should be reduced by half, and among them, I estimate that there will be many missing limbs."

"You..." My words directly angered the group of Maoshan disciples and made them tremble all over. However, due to my previous thundering means, at this moment, these people dared not speak out and could only stare at me with anger.

"Elder Jianchen, the Tao hearts of these disciples of yours seem to be very unstable. Do you need me to help you discipline them?" I turned my head and looked at Jianchen with a smile, but I saw that his face was ashen, as if he didn't hear what I said. He kept his head down and walked quickly up the mountain.

"Hey, Elder Jianchen, I asked you a question, why didn't you say anything? Wait for me!" I hurriedly chased after him. Seeing this, Mr. Wu and the elites of the nameless action unit also quickened their pace.

"Director Zhang, do you think you are very humorous?" Jianchen asked unhappily while walking quickly.

"Ahaha..." I laughed, and then asked in a low voice: "Elder Jianchen, before Mao Buhui went to join me, he stole a lot of your good things, even the Taoist sword that is the treasure of your Maoshan sect. I don't know if there are any of your things in it?"

Jianchen's beard trembled when he heard it, and he continued to be sullen and silent.

I approached him again and whispered, "Later I asked Mao Buhui to return the things. I wonder if Elder Jianchen's things have been returned?"

Jianchen gritted his teeth and remained silent. Seeing this, I said, "Elder Jianchen, why are you suddenly silent?"

"Director Zhang!" Elder Jianchen suddenly stopped and said with squinting eyes, "Except for the Dao sword, the things that Mao Buhui stole are all external possessions. For a cultivator like me, those things..."

"Oh, so it's just material possessions, you don't care!" He was interrupted by me before he finished his sentence. I waved my hand and said, "I should have known not to let Mao Buhui send them back. Some of the items seem to be quite valuable. But it doesn't matter. Since Elder Jianchen doesn't care about these material possessions, I will let Mao Buhui come again after I go back. At that time, I will ask him to take care of Elder Jianchen."

"You..." Elder Jianchen was so angry that his face turned pale, but in the end, he took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Director Zhang, my senior brother has been waiting for a long time, let's go quickly."

After that, he lowered his head and walked quickly to the top of the mountain.

In response, I just smiled faintly and followed him.

Just as Elder Jianchen said, the stairs leading up the mountain were indeed divided into three sections, each section had eighty-one steps, and on the top of the last step of the last section, there was a line of small characters engraved.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The road is long and dangerous, and it is difficult to stop one's original intention."

I read this sentence out loud, and Elder Jianchen said, "This is the words left by the previous headmaster of Maoshan to warn the disciples of Maoshan not to forget their original intentions. Director Zhang, what do you think?"

If Hu Zi was here, I guessed that Hu Zi would definitely say "not so good", but I didn't say that. I just smiled and said, "Not so good..."

"Fuck..." Taoist Jianchen was so angry that he cursed directly, but he seemed to realize his own loss of composure and quickly stopped talking.

I ignored the angry Taoist Jianchen, and looked forward.

At this moment, we have arrived at the halfway point of Maoshan Mountain. What appeared in front of us was a large group of ancient buildings. Among these buildings, the most conspicuous one was the Sanqing Hall in the center.

The Sanqing Hall is also known as the Thunder-Refined Bronze Hall. The reason why it is called the Thunder-Refined Bronze Hall is that the Sanqing Hall is made of bronze. Whenever there is a thunderstorm, the lightning will be attracted by the Bronze Hall and fall straight down. At that time, the lightning will turn into a ball of pure energy and spread to the entire Bronze Hall, making the entire Bronze Hall look extremely shocking.

And this is also called one of the great wonders of the ages.

It's a pity that it's not a thunderstorm tonight, so I won't be able to see this wonder of the ages.

Beside the Sanqing Temple, there is a side temple called the Lingguan Temple. At this moment, a Taoist priest wearing a white Taoist robe and with a very clean temperament is standing in front of the temple, looking at me with a spring breeze and a smile on his face.

"That's the great elder of the Maoshan Sect, Jianxin Zhenren." Wu Sheng whispered beside me.

"This person... has an extraordinary temperament." I frowned slightly. This person just stood there, as if he had become the protagonist of this world, making it difficult for people not to pay attention.

Moreover, I couldn't sense the existence of Qi in this person, as if he was not a cultivator, but just an ordinary Taoist priest.

But I know that this is obviously impossible.

There is only one reason why I feel this way, that is, the gap between our realms is too big, so after he hides his aura, I can't sense it at all.

At this time, I heard Wu Sheng continue to say: "Don't look at this person's temperament, but he has been following Zhang Wudi in the past few years. He is a veteran in the officialdom. No matter who he is, he always smiles. Even when he uses thundering means, he will have a faint smile on his face. So everyone calls him a smiling tiger behind his back. Be careful when dealing with him!"