Zhang Yu looked at Gongsun Shao and said, "Since it's Xuanting's order, Gongsun Shouzhen, let me take a look at the edict."
Gongsun Shao took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to him. "The letter is here."
Zhang Yu took it and glanced at it. The letter said that because of Huo Heng, Gongsun Shao wanted him to stay for a period of time and try to figure out the reason.
He looked at the seal carefully and then returned it to Gongsun Shao. The latter said, "How is it? Can the patrol officer go back with me? "
Zhang Yu said calmly, "The letter is real, but please forgive me for not being able to obey."
Gongsun Shao's expression darkened. "Patrol Officer Zhang, are you going to disobey Xuanting's orders?"
Zhang Yu said calmly, "If it's really Xuanting's edict, I will naturally obey. However, Gongsun Shouzhen's letter is just a letter. It doesn't have Xuanting's seal, nor is it a clear edict. I don't have to obey."
Gongsun Shao stared at his eyes and waved his hand. "Patrol Officer Zhang, you saw it clearly just now. That's a letter written by the Xuanting Court Enforcer!"
Zhang Yu shook his head. "As Xuanting's patrol officer, I only listen to Xuanting's orders and not the orders of a Court Enforcer."
Gongsun Shao frowned. "What's the difference?"
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "Of course there's a difference. This letter was sent in the name of this Court Enforcer and given to Gongsun Shouzhen. At most, it's a private order. I'm not his disciple and have never served him. He has no favor to me, so why should I obey his orders?"
Gongsun Shao couldn't help but reach into his sleeve. At this moment, he really wanted to take out the talisman, but when his finger touched it, he hesitated.
He took a breath and said, "Patrol Officer Zhang, have you thought it through? I'm just asking you to stay for a little while longer. It's not like I'm asking you to do anything. Even if it's not Xuanting's duty, is it worth it to offend a court steward over such a small matter? "
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "If it's for my personal matters, it's indeed not worth it. But if it's for the sake of maintaining order and strict rules, then it's worth it."
He understood Gongsun Shao's thoughts. For a long time, some of the orders passed down by the Xuanting Court Enforcers were no different from Xuanting's orders to the disciples. Some of the more prestigious Court Enforcers might even be able to make their subordinates bow down and obey without any official orders.
Of course, not everyone thought this way. It was just that even if some people understood the key point here, they did not want to openly defy a court steward.
However, he did not acknowledge this. If you want to order me around, then you have to give me an official order. If you want to give me a private order, then I'm sorry, but I won't obey.
Even if this Ting Zhi was here right now, he would still dare to talk back.
Gongsun Shao looked at him with a complicated gaze. After a while, he slowly took out his hands from his sleeves.
He did not say anything else and only bowed towards him, saying, "Patrol Officer Zhang, the wind is strong and the waves are strong. Be careful."
Zhang Yu looked at him and nodded. He raised his sleeves and returned the greeting, saying, "Dao friend Gongsun Shao, thank you for sending me off."
After returning the greeting, he turned around and walked up the stairs. Under Gongsun Shao's gaze, he entered the white boat.
As the cabin closed, a wave of light flashed across the boat. The white boat slowly rose into the air and then turned into a streak of light, flying into the distance.
Gongsun Shao stood on the platform for a long time without moving. His sleeves fluttered in the wind. He looked at the vast sea in front of him and seemed to be thinking about something.
Footsteps sounded behind him. A disciple's voice sounded, "Master, are we letting him go just like that?"
Gongsun Shao shook his head, saying, "I can stop him, but I have no reason to." He turned around, saying, "Didn't I tell you to watch the station? Why have you come back? "
The disciple hurriedly took out a document, saying, "Master, I feel that you need to look at the news that came just now immediately."
Gongsun Shao took it and his eyes narrowed. The document actually said that someone suspected to be Huo Heng had appeared in Chaoming City to the southwest of the protectorate.
He immediately put the document away and said, "Come with me."
The two of them then soared into the air and flew southwest. On the way, a scarlet flying boat that was coming from the front brushed past them.
They did not pay much attention to it as they hurried along. Half a summer later, they arrived in Chaoming City and found the cultivator who had delivered the document.
Gongsun Shao opened the document and asked, "You sent this over? How do you know about Huo Heng? "
The cultivator said respectfully, "This disciple is a spy that Ji Shouzhen sent here. Ever since the chaos monster, Ji Shouzhen asked me to keep an eye on this place and gave me a portrait of Huo Heng. He told me to report it immediately if I saw him appear.
Although Ji Shouzhen has passed away, he did not tell me to stop, so I am still here keeping an eye on him. "
Gongsun Shao listened to him patiently, saying, "You did well. When and where did you see him last?"
The cultivator pointed at the deck outside, saying, "The last time I saw him, he left on a flying boat. He left about half a summer ago. "
"What did you say?"
Gongsun Shao suddenly turned to look into the distance. In other words, there might be people in the flying boats he saw just now?
The disciple said, "Master, should we chase?"
Gongsun Shao thought for a moment and waved his hand, dismissing the cultivator. He then said calmly, "We can't catch up."
The disciple said, "Master, it's only half a summer. Those boats are not fast. If we speed up, we can still catch up."
Gongsun Shao shook his head, saying, "It's useless even if we catch up."
The disciple was puzzled, "Why is that?"
Gongsun Shao pondered for a moment and said, "After Huo Heng turned into a monster of Chaos, there seemed to be an additional trace on his body. Wherever he passed by, his afterimages or strange things would appear after two or three days or even longer. So sometimes, he would appear in two different places at the same time.
These traces are not much different from him and have a certain level of power. In the past, we only discovered these things because we tried to encircle and suppress them a few times. "
The disciple said in surprise, "Is that so?"
Gongsun Shao nodded, saying, "What that disciple saw just now is very likely that Huo Heng came here a few days ago or even longer ago, but the traces only reappeared today.
If I ignore it, then the traces will naturally dissipate after a while. But if I chase after it, then a great battle is unavoidable. At that time, not only will it be difficult to catch it, it might even implicate innocent people. This is an action that does not make up for the losses. "
The disciple was puzzled, "Then why is he doing this?"
Gongsun Shao said, "At the moment, it's not clear whether this is his intention or his own reasons, but every time he shows up, it might mean that he is going to do something."
The disciple said in disbelief, "Master said that even Xuan Zun might be watching this person. He acts like this and exposes his traces from time to time. We can't catch him. Isn't he afraid of being caught by Xuan Zun?"
Gongsun Shao said, "We have deduced before that this person must have other means of protection, or a magical artifact, or a means bestowed by a powerful person. That's why he can hide himself, not to mention …"
He sighed, "As the most talented person in that generation of cultivators, who knows what level he is now?"
When the disciple heard this, he suddenly thought of the Huo Heng he saw just now. Although it might be a trace, who could be sure?
Maybe it was Huo Heng himself?
He secretly looked at his master. If he could think of it, then his master could also think of it, right? But why was his master so sure that it was a trace?
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but shiver. He suppressed this hidden thought and lowered his head, not daring to say anything else.
On the other side, after Zhang Yu left the Protectorate General's Office, because the white boat had already traveled this route once, he directly handed over the control of the boat to the white boat's consciousness.
He sat there and read the Daoist books, but in his spare time, he would give Yan Yuming, who came to ask for guidance.
At first, only Yan Yuming and a few Xuanfu students were listening, but later, when they saw that he didn't mind others listening, more and more students were attracted.
Fortunately, the main cabin was very spacious, and could accommodate hundreds of people listening at the same time.
Zhang Yu's current cultivation was very rare among his peers. Not only was his cultivation profound, but because he had been reading Daoist books for a long time, most of the books he read were high-grade Daoist books given by Xuan Zun and Xuanting. His understanding of Daoist principles was also very profound.
And the two complemented each other, so the Daoist techniques he explained were often very basic. Many students who didn't understand during their daily cultivation were easily understood by him.
And the thing that made the students exclaim the most was that each of them had a different cultivation level. Some of them had not even found the Heart Light, and some of them had already passed the first chapter. However, each of them felt that the lecture was meant for them, and each of them could obtain what they wanted from it.
In just a few days, all of them felt that they had made great progress.
On the fourth day of the white boat's journey, Zhang Yu finished his lecture and dismissed the students. He was about to flip through the Daoist books again, but at this time, he seemed to sense something. He raised his head and saw a vermilion flying boat in front of him.
Judging from the shape and direction of this flying boat, it should have departed from the Dongting Protectorate and was heading to Qingyang. It should have departed earlier than them, but the white boat was faster, so it had caught up.
And just as he was looking, the white boat had already passed the flying boat. Soon, the turbid tide obscured his vision, and he could no longer see the flying boat.
He thought for a moment, then shook his head and picked up the Daoist book to read.
Another three days later, the white boat had used almost seven days to cross the boundless sea and return to the Qingyang Upper Continent. Under the guidance of a beam of light, the white boat slowly came to a stop on a platform.
The cabin door opened, and Zhang Yu led his group down from the platform. But at this time, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He stopped and looked back, only to see a vermilion flying boat parked there.
But he clearly remembered that this boat had been left far behind by the white boat, so why had it appeared here ahead of time?
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