After Zhang Yan left Sleeping Star Mountain, he first sent a letter to Zhang Boyan to inform him of the details. Then, he found a hilltop and used the Earth Escape Technique to enter the belly of the mountain. He opened up a cave and meditated for a while. The mana he used in the fight was fully recovered. Then, he came out of the cave in high spirits and flew towards Hope Voice Mountain at lightning speed.
Unlike when he came here, he traveled very fast with his sword. After only one day, he returned to the capital of Chu, Dayang, and landed in the inn.
The result of the fight in Sleeping Star Mountain had not been announced yet. The servant of the inn saw that he went to Sleeping Star Mountain with other cultivators, but now he came back alone. He couldn't help but feel strange, but because of his low status, he didn't dare to ask.
Zhang Yan arrived at the hall. Just Now, he sat down. Suddenly, he heard footsteps. He looked up and saw Zhao Yang walking into the hall. When the latter saw him, he was surprised and bowed, "Master is back! Disciple greets Master. "
Zhang Yan helped him up and asked with a smile, "When I went to the dragon pillar with your master, I heard him say that you have to practice a Spirit Dispelling Technique within a month. If you fail, you will be punished by being in isolation for thirty years. Have you mastered it?"
Zhao Yang sighed, "This technique is really difficult to practice. I spent forty days and Just Now mastered it. I just came out of isolation the day before yesterday. I think I will be punished by my master when I go back."
Zhang Yan looked at his dejected look and couldn't help but laugh. He changed his mind and said, "You came at the right time. Is the manager of the Ying King's Residence, Xiang Zhanfu, still in the inn?"
Zhao Yang replied, "This person is still obediently staying here. These few days, he hasn't gone anywhere else."
Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Good, go and inform him. As for the matter of the Ying King, I have already asked Sect Leader Qiao for mercy. He will be released in a few days. Tell him to wait patiently. "
Zhao Yang vaguely knew that this person seemed to be involved with a rare treasure. He bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, disciple will go now."
After he left. Zhang Yan then instructed the maidservant, "Go find the manager of this place."
After about the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, a middle-aged cultivator wearing a square scarf stepped into the hall. He bowed and asked, "Did Daoist Priest call me?"
Zhang Yan asked, "I have something to ask you. Who is in charge of the mountain now?"
The steward answered honestly, "The Sect Leader and several Elders are not in the mountain, so the Madams are in charge of the mundane affairs."
Zhang Yan asked again, "I have the Sect Leader's communication talisman with me, so I need to go to the storehouse to get some spiritual objects. Where should I go? Who should I look for? "
The steward thought for a moment and said, "If you're looking for scriptures, you should go to the Silver Nose Palace. If one wanted to find rare treasures, they would have to go to the Ox-Horn Hall. These two places were next to each other. They were all on Hope Sound Mountain's Rhinoceros Peak. The guard is the second disciple of the Sect Leader, Daoist Quan Cong. "
After Zhang Yan asked about it, he nodded his head and dismissed the steward. Then, he rode the wind and clouds and headed towards Rhinoceros Peak.
Not long after, he arrived in front of the main hall at the bottom of the peak. A Daoist steward came forward and bowed, "Daoist Priest, please excuse me. Our sect's Sect Leader has yet to return from the Dragon Pillar Battle, so the hall is not accepting guests these days. Please forgive me. "
Zhang Yan said, "I came here on the promise of your sect's Sect Leader. I'm here to get some spiritual herbs. "
The Daoist steward asked suspiciously, "Do you have proof?"
Zhang Yan took out a jade tablet and showed it to him. He said, "This talisman was personally given by your Sect Leader."
The Daoist steward stretched out his hand and wanted to take a closer look, but after hearing this, his body shook and he quickly retracted his hand.
He widened his eyes and looked at it for a while. He smiled bitterly and said, "This talisman looks real, but this is a serious matter. I'm a lowly Daoist, so I can't make the decision. I need to ask the Hall Leader to check it, please forgive me."
Zhang Yan nodded his head and smiled, "You can go ahead, I will wait here."
The Daoist steward called for two Daoist children and ordered them to take care of Zhang Yan. He then hurriedly ran into the inner hall.
In less than the time it takes for an incense to burn, he returned with a silver-haired Daoren.
Daoren's expression was solemn. He walked up slowly and carefully looked at Zhang Yan. He then bowed and said, "I Quan Cong, is this Zhenren holding my Zhong Tai communication talisman?"
When Zhang Yan heard that he was Quan Cong, he passed the jade tablet over and said, "Hall Leader Quan Cong, please take a look."
When Quan Cong Daoren saw the talisman, he knew that it was the Sect Leader's personal item. But after he looked at it, he said calmly, "My eyes are not good, so I can't tell if it's real or fake. I need to check it carefully, please don't be offended."
Zhang Yan knew that this matter involved the sect's treasury, so it was reasonable for Daoren to be more cautious. He smiled and said, "Daoist Quan Cong, you're too serious. This is reasonable."
Quan Cong Daoren took out a golden mirror and looked at the talisman. He then excused himself and went to the back of the hall. He said to a disciple, "Go and tell Lady Lian that someone has the Sect Leader's personal talisman and wants to take something from the treasury. Ask her how to deal with it."
When Zhong Tai Sect went to Sleeping Star to fight, all the Yuanying cultivators in the sect went out. Only the second generation disciples were left to guard the mountain gate. But with Zhenren Zheng overseeing this place, no one dared to cause trouble.
The sect was filled with common things. Sect Leader Qiao was worried about outsiders, so he let a few concubines take care of it. Among the concubines, Lian Murong's cultivation was the highest. A few days ago, she heard that she broke through the Yuanying realm. Quan Cong knew that she was narrow-minded and wanted to please her, so he sent a disciple to ask her.
Hope Voice Mountain, Warm Furnace Pavilion. Melodious sounds of the zither came from inside. The sound was pleasing to the ear, overlapping like jade waves piling up snow, soothing the heart.
When the song ended, Elder You clapped his hands and said, "Lady Lian has entered the Yuanying realm this time. I didn't think that Lady Lian's zither skills would also improve greatly."
Lian Niangzi was extremely happy to hear his praise. She waved her hand and said with a light smile, "That's all thanks to Elder You for sending over that ship full of good Gang Heroes. Elder You, I will remember your good deeds."
Elder You looked at her, but he deliberately sighed and said, "It's a pity, a pity."
Lady Lian asked curiously, "What's a pity?"
You Daoren said, "It's a pity for me. If Lady Lian had become a Yuanying earlier, she could also be like Madam Zhao, going to the dragon pillar to fight and share Sect Leader Qiao's worries."
At the mention of Madam Zhao, Lady Lian snorted softly and said, "Zhao Ru is not a citizen of Chu, but because she gave birth to a good son, Master took a fancy to her. But now that I've also achieved Yuanying, I'm not inferior to her."
As the two were talking, a maidservant entered the hall and reported, "Lady, Daoist Quan Cong sent a disciple over, saying that he has something important to discuss with you."
Quan Cong was Sect Leader Qiao's second disciple, but this person's aptitude was not good. He had cultivated for hundreds of years, but he was only at the first level of Core Transformation. However, he was from a large clan of Chu and was related to her clan by marriage, so Lady Lian didn't want to offend him. She said, "Send that person in."
After a while, a disciple entered the hall. After greeting, he didn't wait for any questions and immediately stated the purpose of his visit.
Lady Lian said in surprise, "Master's personal talisman? Your master must not be mistaken. "
The disciple said, "Master has already checked the talisman, it's real."
Lady Lian asked doubtfully, "Since he came to take something from the storehouse, why didn't he send a disciple from our sect? What's the background of that person? Did you find out? "
Quan Cong replied, "When I came, I already found out that this person's surname is Zhang, and he's the Hanyuan Sect Leader of West Shenwu Cang Zhu Peak. He was recruited by Immortal Du for this dragon pillar meeting."
"You're saying that this person is Daoist Zhang of Shenwu Mountain?"
Lady Lian was surprised at first, then a trace of coldness appeared in her beautiful eyes. She snorted and thought to herself, 'That Daoist Zhang dared to humiliate me back then, and now that he's in my hands, I might as well find a reason to deal with him and vent my anger!'
However, that talisman was Sect Leader Qiao's personal talisman, so she couldn't stop him. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't think of a way, so she looked down and asked, "Elder You, what do you think we should do about this?"
Elder You knew what she was thinking, but he said, "I'm just an outsider, how can I discuss the matters of your sect?"
Lady Lian said unhappily, "I told you to say it, so just say it."
Elder You said meaningfully, "Now that it's the time for the dragon pillar meeting, it's an unusual time. Lady Lian needs to investigate for a few more days, in case there's a mistake in the future and it'll be hard to explain to the sect."
Lady Lian's beautiful eyes brightened, and she instructed the disciple, "Go back and tell Quan Cong, whatever that Daoist Zhang asks for, just say that you can't find it, push it back today, push it back tomorrow, push it back tomorrow. In short, don't ask him to find it, do you understand?"
The disciple agreed and left the pavilion.
At this moment, Lady Lian's heart was perturbed. The person who held the sect leader's talisman was like the sect leader himself, and secretly tampering with things would be a heavy crime.
But she thought again, she was now a Yuanying cultivator, and Sect Leader Qiao couldn't wait to protect her, so why would he fuss over such a small matter? Even if he asked about it later, she just had to insist that she didn't know about it.
It didn't take long for the disciple to return to Rhinoceros Peak, and he told Quan Cong everything Lady Lian had said without missing a word. This Daoren immediately understood.
He strolled out of the hall and walked up to Zhang Yan, bowing respectfully. "Daoist Zhang, the talisman has been verified, and it's indeed the sect leader's talisman. I've been negligent before, and I hope you can forgive me. What item does Daoist Zhang want this time?"
Zhang Yan smiled and took out the list of gifts he had brought with him.
Quan Cong took the list and glanced at it. His brows furrowed deeply, and he sighed endlessly.
Zhang Yan glanced at him and asked, "What is it? Does Daoist Quan Cong have any difficulties?"
Quan Cong waved the list and said apologetically, "I'm sorry that Daoist Zhang knows. The storehouse is very large, and these spirit herbs are usually not used by anyone, so I don't know where they are. I can't find them in a short time, so I'm afraid I'll have to ask Daoist Zhang to wait for a few more days."
Zhang Yan asked, "How many days do I have to wait?"
Quan Cong shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, hard to say. If it's quick, one or two days, at most five or six days. If I can't find them, ten to fifteen days is also possible."
Zhang Yan smiled faintly and said, "When I came out, Sect Leader Qiao said that with this talisman, I can take whatever I want from the storehouse. Since the spirit herbs are hard to find, then there's no need to trouble Daoist Zhang, I'll just take them all."
When he finished, he shook the talisman, and in an instant, all the layers of restrictions on the hall were suppressed.
Then, he shook his shoulder, and a ray of light rose from his back. In an instant, water surged, and the whole Rhinoceros Hall was swept into it. Then, he turned into a ray of rainbow and flew into the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Quan Cong was dumbfounded, looking at the empty hilltop. After a long while, he let out a loud cry and fell to the ground with his face up.
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