From what Zhang Yan saw before, the disciples of the Agarwood Sect always had a hint of seductiveness about them. It might have something to do with their techniques, but this woman didn't have any of that. Although she was beautiful, there was a sense of arrogance in her eyes.
Looking at her cultivation, the mystic light was so condensed that it was almost solid. She was probably at the peak of the third level of the Mystic Light Realm. At this moment, her hand was on the ribbon at her waist, and she stared at Zhang Yan fiercely. Her face was full of caution, and it seemed like she would start a fight if there was any disagreement. []
Although she was acting like this, Zhang Yan's expression didn't change. He stepped in the air, and his black robe fluttered in the wind. There was an indescribable sense of carefreeness in his expression. He cupped his hands at the woman and said, "I am Zhang Yan from the Qincang School. I am here because of Fellow Daoist Mu Hongchen's invitation." The woman frowned when she heard this. She sized up Zhang Yan and snorted. "So you are invited by Hongchen." "Hmph, she has a lot of friends now. She can even invite a top disciple from the Qincang School." Her words sounded old, as if she had a high status in the Agarwood Sect.
Zhang Yan looked at her and was about to ask for her identity. At this moment, another ray of light flew over. Mu Hongchen, who hadn't been seen for a long time, appeared in front of them. She bowed to Zhang Yan first, then bowed to the woman from afar. She said, "Hongchen, congratulations on coming out of seclusion, Uncle-Master."
The woman looked at her and said, "Hongchen, you don't seem happy to see me coming out?" Mu Hongchen lowered her head slightly and said softly, "Uncle-Master, you must be joking." Although her face was covered by a veil, Zhang Yan could keenly sense the trace of unnaturalness in her tone.
The woman flung her sleeves and said expressionlessly: "Fine, since it's an honored guest from Qincang School, then you'd better treat him well. But this is Agarwood Sect's dojo after all. As the eldest senior of this generation, you should clearly explain the taboos of our sect to outsiders."
After saying this, she flew into the air and landed in the temple.
Zhang Yan smiled playfully and turned to ask, "Mu Daoluo, may I know who this fellow daoist is …"
Mu Hongchen sighed softly and said, "She's my Senior Uncle, and she's always been proud and arrogant. If her words offended her, please don't take it to heart, Fellow Zhang."
She waved her sleeves again and said with a smile, "I thought Fellow Daoist would arrive a few days later. I didn't expect you to arrive so soon. Please follow me." Zhang Yan nodded. Under her guidance, the two of them flew towards the temple that was shining with multicolored light.
Along the way, Zhang Yan discovered that not only on this mountain peak, the Agarwood Sect also set up a few temples with black tiles and white walls halfway up the mountain. On the mountain wall, there was a rugged mountain path, and he could see many people walking up with difficulty. These places seemed to be specially used for the herdsmen to worship at the foot of the mountain.
It wasn't because the disciples of Agarwood Sect were weak and couldn't open up a wider path. Instead, they were afraid that the herdsmen would lose their respect for the herdsmen because it was too easy for them to climb up the mountain. They could also use this opportunity to set up various tests and pick out disciples with firm beliefs and suitable for cultivation. Zhang Yan understood that this was because Agarwood Sect's foundation was weak. Therefore, they had to start from the heart and play with these tricks when selecting disciples.
For a large sect like Qincang School, there were nine big cities in the mountain, and each of them had a population comparable to Dayi in the mortal world. Moreover, these people were the descendants or descendants of the disciples of Qincang School, so they didn't have to worry about the origin of the disciples.
As the two of them flew, Zhang Yan asked in a seemingly unintentional manner, "From what I can see, Fellow Daoist's Martial Uncle seems to practice a technique that's very different from yours." …
Mu Hongchen turned back, rolled up his sleeves, and gave him a thumbs up. "You have a good eye, Brother Zhang. My Senior Uncle has the highest aptitude in the sect, and she's also from the ancestral master's Houpu clan. Back then, she received permission from the ancestral master to give up the cultivation method of Agarwood Sect and wandered outside for more than 30 years before she found a secret manual to cultivate. Three years ago, she accepted my Junior Sister Pan as her disciple, and then she went into closed-door cultivation. I didn't expect my Senior Uncle to come out of closed-door cultivation when you came today." Zhang Yan was shocked. How could there be such a coincidence? Although they only met in a hurry, he could see the rejection in the girl's eyes. However, he only came to get the bright stone.
As for fulfilling the promise, he didn't care what the people of Agarwood Sect thought about it.
When they arrived in front of the temple, the two landed on the cloud. Mu Hongchen welcomed Zhang Yan into the hall, and just as they sat down, a maidservant came up and said, "Senior Sister, Senior Uncle Ni wants to see you. He said he has something to discuss with you."
Mu Hongchen said unhappily, "Senior Uncle Ni saw me entertaining Brother Zhang just now, why did he ask you to come? Go and report that I'll go later. "
When the maidservant heard this, she stood there and didn't leave. Mu Hongchen was furious, and just when she was about to scold her, Zhang Yan smiled and said, "I originally agreed to meet you two months later, but I'm already here. Since you have something to attend to in the sect, why don't you go first?" Mu Hongchen hesitated for a while and nodded. "Then I'll be neglecting Senior Brother Zhang." Zhang Yan smiled and waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.
Mu Hongchen excused herself and left the hall on a carefree light. After a while, she arrived at a side hall that was filled with flowers and grass. After she was informed by the maidservant at the door, she walked on the scarlet carpet and came to an inner room. She saw a figure lying on her side behind a gauze curtain, and she said, "Hongchen greets Senior Uncle Ni." Her Senior Uncle's name was Ni Qianying, and she was lying on a couch at the moment. When she saw Mu Hongchen coming in, she blew a fragrant wind and opened the gauze curtain on the door. She then sat up and nodded at Mu Hongchen. She waved her hand in an imposing manner and said, "You don't have to be so polite, take a seat." However, Mu Hongchen didn't sit down. The tall lady stood there and said directly, "Senior Uncle, why did you summon me?"
"Hmm?" Ni Qianying glanced at her and said, "You're going to be the sect leader in the future, so you need to change your temper. Hmm …" She pondered for a while and said, "Since you've asked, I'll tell you about it. When I came out of seclusion this time, I felt that the opportunity to condense my core had arrived. Hongchen, I remember that when Senior Sister passed away, she left you quite a lot of clear stones.
Why don't you lend them to me first, and it won't be too late to return them to you after I've condensed my core. What do you think? "
"This …" Mu Hongchen's body trembled slightly. Not to mention whether this Senior Uncle could really condense her core, even if she was 100% confident, she had already promised to give it to Zhang Yan. It was impossible for her to return it. However, only a few people knew about this matter, so why did this Senior Uncle know about it?
She took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Reporting to Senior Uncle, I've already promised to give this to Fellow Zhang, so I can't give it to you anymore."
Ni Qianying stared straight at her. After a while, she said coldly, "Why?" Mu Hongchen said, "Senior Uncle, you should know that before my master passed away, he instructed me to take down the demonic treasure in the depths of the River Styx, so that it can be the foundation of our sect in the future. However, if I want to find that place of extreme yin, I must have the Ganoderma Fruit. However, this item is with Fellow Zhang now. He's a disciple of Qincang School, and there are very few things in our sect that can move him.
This Clear Stone is the only thing that can move him. " "Ridiculous!" Ni Qianying's eyes widened and she scolded, "This item was painstakingly found by my Sect Leader Junior Sister for you to condense your core. Even if you want to use it, you have to give it to the disciples of our sect. How can you give it to an outsider? Although the Ganoderma Fruit is rare, it's not impossible to find it if you spend some effort to find it. Hongchen, this is inappropriate! "
Mu Hongchen said loudly, "Senior Uncle, you're wrong.
Since it was given to me by my master, it belongs to me. Now that the opportunity to open the demonic treasure is right in front of us, why do we have to go through all the trouble? " Ni Qianying frowned slightly. She knew this Junior Nephew's temper very well, and she knew that she couldn't go against him. She softened her tone and said, "How about this? I have a superior Xuan technique here that can also lead to the Great Dao. I'll teach this technique to you, and then we can slowly search for the Ganoderma Fruit. This way, we won't waste any time. You can treat this fellow from Qincang School well for a few days, and then ask him to go back with kind words."
Mu Hongchen sneered in his heart. Even if this Uncle-Master's cultivation technique is really top-notch, he might not teach it to me sincerely. Moreover, wouldn't all the disciples in the sect have to look up to this Uncle-Master? Therefore, she couldn't agree to it.
As she thought of this, she said resolutely, "Senior Uncle, please forgive me. I can't agree to this.
Ni Qianying's eyes swept over her coldly and she said, "What? You're disregarding the words of this Senior Uncle?"
Mu Hongchen curtsied and said, "I don't dare to, but Senior Uncle, don't forget that Master said before she passed away that I'll take over the Agarwood Sect, and I'll decide what to do."
"You …" Ni Qianying's expression stiffened. After her junior sister passed away, she left the position of Sect Leader to Mu Hongchen. This was the reason why she was so angry that she went into closed-door cultivation. She snorted and said, "Don't forget that before she left, junior sister also said that if you can't reach the Core Transformation State in 30 years, she'll have to give up the position of Sect Leader to someone else."
"You don't have to worry about that, Senior Uncle. If there's nothing else, I still have to entertain an important guest. I'll take my leave first." Mu Hongchen didn't care about Ni Qianying's hateful gaze as she turned around and left.
Not long after she left, a pink figure floated in. It was a beautiful girl who was about 17 or 18 years old. She said to Ni Qianying, "Senior Uncle, you're letting her go just like that?"
Ni Qianying gritted her teeth and said, "Currently, junior sister only told her about the path to the River Styx, so I can't force her too much. It won't be too late for me to deal with her after she finds the Demon Treasury."
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