When the students of Qingyuan Academy saw Zhang Zhonghang's portrait, their expressions changed slightly.
They looked at the scholar in front of them warily. "Who is he to you?"
The middle-aged scholar replied frankly, "We studied in the same academy and studied under the same teacher."
The students of Qingyuan Academy immediately stepped back and took out their brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.
"Well, are you here to provoke us too?" The leading student glared at the middle-aged scholar.
The scholar shook his head. "I'm not hostile. I just want to find my classmate.
I know he's arrogant and careless. He might have offended your academy because of this.
Although I don't know the details, I apologize on his behalf. "
The students of Qingyuan Academy said coldly, "He injured many of our teachers and students. Do you think you can write it off with a simple apology?"
The scholar spread out his hands. "I have no other choice. I'm looking for him now. If your academy has any news of him, please tell me. I'll bring him to apologize in person after I find him."
"You really don't know where he is?"
At this moment, an old man walked out of the gate of Qingyuan Academy.
The students of Qingyuan Academy bowed. "Dean."
The middle-aged scholar shook his head. "I really don't know. That's why I'm looking around. I heard someone saw him here, so I came to disturb you."
The old man pondered for a moment and asked, "How should I address you?"
"My surname is Liao, and my name is Ping." The middle-aged scholar smiled.
"Mr. Liao …" The old man nodded.
His gaze fell on the portrait of Zhang Zhonghang in the scholar's hand. "I don't know his exact whereabouts, but I've heard that he visited all the prestigious academies and scholarly families in Western Zhou. After that, his whereabouts were unknown. Before that, the last place he visited was the Wang family in Lianyuan County."
Liao Ping nodded. "That's great. Thank you very much."
After bidding farewell to the old man, he left Qingyuan Academy.
The old man watched him leave and did not say anything.
The students of Qingyuan Academy looked at each other, not daring to make a sound.
After a long time, one of the instructors said softly, "Dean, just now …"
"His knowledge and cultivation are above that of Zhang Zhonghang."
The old man said slowly, "And above I."
As soon as he said this, everyone around him was shocked.
Their dean was a great Confucian of the Ninth Realm, the World Conquering Realm!
In the entire Western Zhou Dynasty, there were very few people who could be compared to him.
Back then, Zhang Zhonghang had come to Qingyuan Academy and caused havoc, injuring many people in the academy.
In the end, it was the old dean who stepped in and forced him to retreat.
However, when facing that middle-aged scholar from before, the Dean directly admitted that he wasn't a match for him. How could this not shock everyone?
What surprised them even more was that Liao Ping and Zhang Zhonghang were from the same sect.
Where exactly were the two of them studying?
Such experts were emerging one after another.
"Teacher, he's also at the World Conquering Realm, or …"
The instructor paused and felt his throat dry up.
The old dean continued, "If I am not mistaken, this Mr. Liao may be … a master."
As the representative of Western Zhou's Confucianism, Qingyuan Academy was naturally knowledgeable.
They had heard of Confucian grandmasters above the ninth realm.
However, he had always thought that it was just a legend.
But just a moment ago, a living Grandmaster had come and gone in front of them?
Everyone was in a daze for a moment.
The Dean of Qingyuan Academy looked in the direction Liao Ping had left in and said nothing for a long time.
After Liao Ping, who was dressed as a middle-aged scholar, left Qingyuan Academy, he didn't care about anything else. After asking for directions to Lianyuan County, he immediately set off.
On the way, he passed by the imperial capital of Western Zhou, but Liao Ping didn't care at all and continued on his way.
The Wang family was one of the top aristocratic families in Western Zhou and established itself as a family of Confucianism.
Their ancestral position was in Lianyuan County in the eastern part of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The area around Lianyuan County was under the influence of the Wang family. It was almost a country within a country.
However, the Wang family and the Ji family of Western Zhou had a harmonious relationship.
Although they dominated the area around Lianyuan County, they often advanced and retreated together with the royal family in many important matters inside and outside Western Zhou.
In the family, there were even people who married into the Ji family.
The first daughter of the Wang family head was the wife of the current Crown Prince of Western Zhou.
Therefore, the Wang family had always been arrogant in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
However, half a year ago, the Wang family suffered a great loss.
A blue-clothed scholar came out of nowhere and said that he wanted to compare notes with the Wang family head.
At first, the Wang family didn't realize that the blue-clothed scholar was powerful and were enraged by his arrogance. They wanted to kick him out.
In the end, the blue-clothed scholar almost tore down their walls.
In the end, the Wang family head was forced to come out personally.
However, the Wang family head was no match for the blue-clothed scholar and was at a disadvantage.
Just as the Wang family was furious and thinking of a solution, the blue-clothed scholar left with a laugh.
On the plaque of the Wang family's ancestral hall, the blue-clothed scholar wrote the words "Fishing for Fame".
The Wang family head worked hard for more than a month before the blue-clothed scholar's words were erased.
This was a great humiliation that the Wang family had not experienced for many years.
Until now, everyone was still suppressing their anger.
They were used to being arrogant and rarely suffered such a setback.
The elders in the family were calmer, but most of the younger generation were like firecrackers that would explode at any moment.
In the surroundings of Lianyuan County, whether it was the local cultivator forces that supported the Wang family or the local people, they were all trembling in fear for the past half a year, afraid of offending the Wang family.
Even so, there were still many people who were unlucky and became the punching bag for the Wang family disciples for no reason.
The Wang family sealed off the news, and outsiders didn't know why they were so irritable.
Everyone only knew that the Wang family was constantly searching for the blue-clothed scholar's whereabouts.
As the news spread, it became that a poor scholar who didn't know what was good for him had abandoned the Wang family's noble daughter and humiliated the Wang family. As a result, he was hunted down everywhere.
Everyone could only admit that they were unlucky and try to stay away from the Wang family.
But today, someone took the initiative to come to their door and touched the pot that didn't boil.
Looking at the portrait of Zhang Zhonghang in Liao Ping's hand, the Wang family disciple who received him was so angry that he wanted to die.
This Wang family disciple turned hostile and attacked on the spot.
Seeing this, Liao Ping shook his head in disappointment: "Scholars focus on cultivation. What are you guys like?"
The other party wrote a frontier poem and turned into billowing smoke. Sabers, spears, swords, and halberds all attacked Liao Ping.
Liao Ping stood on the spot without any movement and didn't say a word.
When the smoke and sabers and spears reached him, they all disappeared automatically.
"It's better to ask your family head to come out and meet me." Liao Ping said indifferently.
Before he finished speaking, a huge brush suddenly appeared in front of him.
This huge brush drew a few strokes in the air. Instantly, a mountain peak appeared and pressed down on Liao Ping's head.
The mountain peak was so huge that it almost enveloped the entire Wang family residence, as if it wanted everyone to die together.
The light in front of Liao Ping suddenly dimmed. The sunlight above his head was blocked by the mountain peak.
But the next moment, sunlight reappeared above Liao Ping's head.
That mountain peak had already arrived behind him.
As if it just happened to avoid him when it fell.
And the faces of the Wang family members all changed.
Because the world in front of them had completely changed.
The Wang family residence disappeared.
Apart from the sky above and the ground below, it was as if there was only that mountain left in this world.
Liao Ping and them stood together at the foot of the mountain.
"… Family Country World!" The head of the Wang family suddenly calmed down.
The other party was able to use his literary talent to create a space independent of this world that was under his control. This was a remarkable ability that only the ninth level of Confucianism, the World Peace Realm, had.
"I have no intention of fighting with you."
Liao Ping's voice was still calm: "I just want to find someone. As for the grudge between you and him, if I find him, won't you be able to settle it with him? When the time comes, I won't interfere. "
The head of the Wang family said after a moment of silence: "I have also been looking for him, but I don't know his exact whereabouts. The only thing I can be sure of is that he is no longer on the territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty."
The old man let out a long breath: "The latest news is that he left the Western Zhou Dynasty and continued east to the territory of the Eastern Tang Dynasty."
"Eastern Tang Dynasty …" Liao Ping muttered to himself.
The head of the Wang family added: "Originally, that was the territory ruled by the Eastern Tang Dynasty. But now, the city of Chang 'an has appeared in the northwest of the Eastern Tang and the junction of the Western Zhou Dynasty. They have replaced the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and all the disciples of the Eastern Tang Dynasty are under their control."
Liao Ping nodded: "I will remember, thank you."
With that, he disappeared.
Everyone in the Wang family was in a daze as they returned to their original world.
The house was still the same as before, and the mountain that fell from the sky was nowhere to be seen.
The head of the Wang family said in a deep voice: "Today's lesson must be remembered, understood?"
The group of people looked ashamed, especially the younger generation. Their arrogant and domineering attitude was restrained.
Liao Ping didn't care if he had intimidated the Wang family.
After he left the ancestral land of the Wang family, he looked to the east.
"Eastern Tang … Chang 'an, will it be there?"
Liao Ping was about to step out when his heart skipped a beat.
He turned to look to the other side.
There, purple clouds floated.
A young Taoist in white appeared in the purple clouds.
"Taoist Gu Mu." Liao Ping nodded.
He was a rising star of the Tai Qing Palace in recent years. He had reached the Taoist Nascent Soul Stage at a young age, and his future was limitless.
Since the destruction of the Pure Yang Palace, only the Tai Qing Palace and the Righteous Sect were left of the three Taoist grotto-heavens.
In recent years, the Tai Qing Palace had become more and more prominent, gradually surpassing the Righteous Faction and becoming the dominant faction.
The Nine Peaks Academy, where Liao Ping came from, had also risen rapidly in recent years and was gradually becoming as famous as the Saint Evolution Palace.
The Nine Peaks Academy had been paying attention to the other sects, and the Tai Qing Palace was the most important one.
"Mr. Takiyama, I have heard a lot about you." The Taoist in white returned the greeting. "May I ask if you want to go east?"
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