Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 565: Elders' gossip, Yuanhuang Sect leader, passing through the underworld
Longhu Mountain, Dashangqing Palace.

Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian explained the situation to him with reason and emotion, and after giving him some profound lectures, Zhang Yi finally agreed.

"Please, please! I'll go and invite you!"

His words were filled with helplessness.

Zhang Zhiwei glanced at Zhang Huaiyi, who looked like a mouse with his ears erected, eyebrows raised, and a curious look on his face. He poked him with his elbow and whispered:
"Brother Bai Gei, do you feel that Uncle Zhang Yi's words give people a weird feeling?"

"He seems helpless on the surface, but secretly he's looking forward to it!" Zhang Huaiyi's words were concise and precise, expressing the mentality of his uncle Zhang Yi.

After saying that, he rubbed his lower ribs with a grin. Senior brother was such a rough man. He didn't take things seriously. It was just a greeting, why was he using so much force?
But then, he felt a malicious gaze, as if a thorn in his back, and when he turned around, he met the unfriendly gaze of Uncle Master Zhang Yi.

Oh no, my words were heard. The look in my uncle's eyes might mean he will settle the score with me later. Oh, how can I learn from my uncle with my broken mouth? ...

Zhang Huaiyi shrank his neck and dared not gossip about his elders anymore.

Zhang Zhiwei was fearless. He ignored his uncle's warning look and cheerfully asked his master and uncle Yi Qian for details.

The master coughed twice and didn't say anything. Yi Qian was eager to try, but hesitated. He wanted to say something but was worried about irritating Zhang Yi.

"Come on, it's not a big deal, what's the big deal?"

How could he keep it a secret since Zhang Zhiwei had already noticed this? Plus, he was going to meet someone later, so in order to prevent Zhang Zhiwei from saying something wrong, Zhang Yi just opened up about it. Besides, so many years had passed, so what was there to be unhappy about?

"This matter has to start with the Yuanhuang faction and our Zhengyi." Zhang Yi's face showed a look of reminiscence.

Although the Yuanhuang Sect is a Buddhist sect, it has a close relationship with the Zhengyi Sect.

Fajiao was derived from Wujiao. Wujiao often had strong traces of ancient sacrificial rites and its methods were often bloody and cruel. In order to get rid of the shackles of Wujiao, some Wujiao people integrated elements of Taoism. Thus, Fajiao, a combination of Wujiao and Taoism, was born.

However, there are differences within the Fa religion. After all, the combination of witchcraft and Taoism cannot be 100% balanced, there must always be an emphasis. Since the foundation of Fa religion is witchcraft, the vast majority of Fa religions still lean towards witchcraft.

But there are also a few sects that are more Taoist. In order to distinguish these sects, they have another title in the sects, which is Master Teaching.

Among them, the Yuanhuang School is the master school in the Dharma, and its birth can be traced back to several hundred years ago.

At that time, the Meishan School of Law emerged suddenly and was very powerful. There were Meishan Masters, Meishan Water Masters, Meishan Grand Masters... many factions were growing stronger and stronger, and there was a faint trend of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect in the late Han Dynasty.

There is no such thing as sinister or not in the dispute between Taoism and Buddhism. The Heavenly Master at that time could not sit idly by and watch the birth of a behemoth, so he sent a group of high-level priests to Meishan to divide and organize the Meishan lineage.

To put it bluntly, it means winning over one group, dividing one group, and suppressing one group.

At this point, the Yuanhuang Sect adhering to the Zhengyi principles was born. At the same time, dozens of small sects were also born, including the Meishan Sect, the Meishan Shigong Sect, etc.

Among these sects, the Yuanhuang Sect and Meishan Sect are the largest. Among them, Meishan Sect is more inclined towards witchcraft, while the Yuanhuang Sect is more inclined towards Taoism. Even the main god worshipped by the Yuanhuang Sect is Erlang Shen from the Taoist lineage.

Not only that, the Yuanhuang faction is divided into two altars, the literary altar is the Zhengyi faction, and the martial altar is the Wu faction. Although the two factions are constantly in conflict internally, they are still unified in the general direction.

Therefore, when Zhang Jingqing said earlier that he, as a Heavenly Master, had no control over the Dharma, it was actually a humble statement. Although it was hard to say about other Dharmas, the Yuanhuang Sect was still effective.

Although the Yuanhuang School originated from the Meishan lineage, after a series of developments, the headquarters was moved to Guanjiangkou, which is the Taoist temple of their ancestor, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun.

Guanjiangkou is in Dujiangyan. People worship the water in Dujiangyan and seek the Tao in Qingcheng Mountain. The Yuanhuang Sect can be said to be adjacent to the Qingcheng Sect.

The Qingcheng Sect is an orthodox lineage founded by Zhang Daoling, the founder of the Heavenly Master. The Yuanhuang Sect is a merger of Taoism and witchcraft, so naturally there is communication between the two sides. Even the literary and Taoist faction within the Yuanhuang Sect is supported by the Qingcheng Sect, otherwise they would not be able to compete with the martial arts and witchcraft faction.

As they share the same origin as the Tianshi Temple in Longhu Mountain, the relationship between them is naturally special.

When Zhang Yi was young, he went to the Qingcheng Sect to learn martial arts. In the process of learning martial arts, he naturally had to slay demons and eliminate monsters.

Dujiangyan is a place where water veins converge. This place has always been home to many witches and shamans since ancient times.

Some of the primitive shamans were good at driving water tigers, or water monkeys. They would drive the water tigers to capture boys and girls for sacrifice.

At that time, Zhang Yi, as a young leader in Taoism, naturally would not allow such a thing to happen, and immediately began to investigate the matter.

Aunt Lan was a member of the Yuanhuang Sect, and Dujiangyan was the Yuanhuang Sect's Taoist temple, which did not allow human sacrifices, and they were immediately investigating.

During the investigation, the two got to know each other and since they shared the same ideals, they decided to travel together.

The two supported each other, overcame crises many times, and finally eradicated the evil witch.

After that, the two often traveled together, and during this process, Aunt Lan also got to know Zhang Jingqing, Yi Qian and others.

They also participated in the Boxer Rebellion and other vigorous activities at that time together. In short, their friendship was deep.

Originally, it would have been a natural thing for the two to develop into a Taoist couple, but they were stopped by Aunt Lan's mother.

At that time, the head of the Yuanhuang School was from the Wentan Dao School.

Aunt Lan's mother is the leader of the Wutan Wu faction.

The relationship between the two factions cannot be said to be as hostile as fire and water, but it is definitely incompatible.

If the daughter of the leader of the Wu sect married a Taoist priest of the Zhang family, wouldn't that be the biggest joke in the world? What would the other people in the Wu sect think?
Therefore, Aunt Lan's mother strongly opposed it, even to the point of severing the mother-daughter relationship and clearing the family.

At that time, Aunt Lan wanted to elope with Zhang Yi and run to Longhu Mountain and ignore her mother.

But after much consideration, Zhang Yi gave in and did not keep the appointment, and returned to Longhu Mountain alone.

After that, the two sides lost contact.

However, the connection between the two forces has not been broken, and both of them know that they are safe.

After saying that, Zhang Yi sighed, his face looking much more relaxed. He asked Zhang Huaiyi to fetch a basin of water, and tremblingly took out a wrinkled talisman from his arms that looked like it had been preserved for a long time.

"Should we step away from this?" Zhang Jingqing said after thinking for a while.

"want!"

Zhang Yi replied immediately, but then he said:

"Forget it, let's not avoid it. You guys just stay here. Asking her to help save people is not something shameful!"

Uncle Zhang Yi's expression changed so quickly... Zhang Zhiwei was puzzled.

At this time, Zhang Jingqing mercilessly pointed out Zhang Yi's little thoughts:
"Are you afraid of Auntie Lan? You think if there are more people around, Auntie Lan will give you some face and not scold you too harshly?"

"That's not true!" Zhang Yi's face flushed instantly, veins on his forehead jumped, and he argued: "I am a Taoist master, how can I be afraid of a woman... I have seen many monsters and ghosts... How can I be afraid of this? Can this be considered fear?"

Then came a string of difficult to understand words, such as "Yunji Qilu" and "The same category for all Taoist priests", which made everyone fall silent and the whole hall was filled with an awkward atmosphere.

"Alright, alright!" Zhang Jingqing interrupted Zhang Yi's chattering, "Stop explaining, and hire someone quickly!"

"Okay, you stand behind me first!" Zhang Yi said.

Everyone listened to what he said and stood behind him.

Afterwards, Zhang Yi bit his tongue, wrote a few seal characters on the talisman, and then recited the magic formula. The talisman then ignited without wind and emitted a faint green flame.

Throw it into the basin, the water surface suddenly turns green, emitting a faint green light. As the water ripples, a facial feature formed by green flames takes shape in the basin, looking over across the water.

This must be the old lover of Uncle Zhang Yi that Uncle Yi Qian mentioned... Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself.

The next moment, a sharp and vigorous female voice came from the basin:
"You're so hot-headed that you finally got around to contacting me!"

Zhang Yi: “…………”

Everyone: “…………” A Sichuan-Chongqing accent came to their faces. If this was said in other accents, it would be too offensive and few people would be happy to hear it. But it sounded very normal when said in the Sichuan-Chongqing accent.

Everyone held their breath, not making a sound, and pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

"Lan...Auntie Lan, long time no see!" Zhang Yi greeted her with difficulty.

"I'm such a slut... um..."

The green face opened and started to curse, and then, seeing the row of people standing behind Zhang Yi, he immediately stopped the curse that was about to come out of his mouth. He did not scold his son in front of others, nor did he scold his wife in front of the hall. In front of outsiders, he always had to give some face, so he said coldly:
"paw?"

Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian both recognized the faces of the people in the basin, so they naturally understood what she said.

Zhang Huaiyi seemed a little confused and puzzled.

Zhang Zhiwei kindly explained: "Claws mean what to do!"

Zhang Huaiyi nodded quickly.

Zhang Yi had no time to take care of Zhang Zhiwei, so he quickly explained the whole story and expressed his desire to ask for his help.

The face in the basin thought for a moment and said, "For the sake of the Heavenly Master, I agree. I'll wait!"

With that, the green face collapsed, the green light dissipated, and only empty water ripples were left in the basin.

"nailed it!"

Zhang Yi wiped the sweat off his face and let out a long sigh. The reason why he asked everyone to stand behind him was not only because, as Zhang Jingqing had said before, if there were more people, the other party would give him some face and not scold him too harshly, but also to give the other party a way out.

After all, they haven't seen each other for many years. If he asks for help and the other party comes to help without hesitation, it will be so embarrassing. But if it is the Taoist priest who asks for help, he is just a lobbyist, then he will have a way out.

An old man who refuses to die is a thief. There are few people of his age who are not shrewd.

Zhang Yi was sighing when he suddenly felt his ear being pinched. He looked closely and found that it was Zhang Zhiwei who was playing tricks on him. He quickly knocked his hand away and said angrily:
"What?"

"Uncle Master, you are such a snob!"

"Huh?" Zhang Yi was furious: "Come on, let me see how hard your ears are?!"

He reached out to grab Zhang Zhiwei's ear.

Zhang Zhiwei dodged quickly. If he was caught tightly, wouldn't he be like a clockwork spring?
Zhang Yi did not give up and continued to pull.

Zhang Zhiwei ran away.

"Little thing, you evil beast, stop right there, Zhang Zhiwei, you stop right there!"

The two of them circled the hall.

Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian looked at the scene in silence.

"Brother, the atmosphere in our Longhu Mountain...why don't you do something about it?" Yi Qian said.

Zhang Jingqing nodded, rolled up his sleeves, clenched his fists, and punched one of them on the head. The two men immediately quieted down.

Zhang Zhiwei covered his head and said, "Master, if this senior Lan Gu is in Sichuan and Chongqing, it's not close to our Longhu Mountain. How long will it take for her to come? Do you need me to pick her up?"

"Who are you looking down on, kid? In terms of speed, she is much faster than you!" Zhang Yi said unhappily.

Zhang Jingqing explained: "The Yuanhuang Sect worships the Water God, who is good at water magic. His ability to control water is not inferior to the Fire Deity Sect's ability to control fire. With Aunt Lan's strength, she can reach the foot of Longhu Mountain in less than half an hour."

Zhang Zhiwei understood immediately: "An ability similar to the Fire Escape Technique of the Huo De Sect?"

Zhang Jingqing nodded.

Sure enough, half a quarter of an hour later, a disciple came to report that Emperor Yuan had sent the sect leader to see him.

Zhang Jingqing immediately went out to greet them, followed by Zhang Yi, Zhang Zhiwei and others.

Aunt Lan was a female cultivator wearing a black Taoist robe. She was not tall, with long dark blue hair from head to toe. Although her exact age was unknown, judging from her face, she should be middle-aged. However, the fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were enough to show that she was much older than she looked.

She stared at Zhang Yi who was walking out, sighed softly, and bowed to Zhang Jingqing:

"Auntie Lan pays homage to the Heavenly Master!"

Zhang Jingqing returned the greeting: "It's been a long time since we last met. How are you?"

She glared at Zhang Yi fiercely and said, "It's not bad!"

Zhang Yi was at a loss as to what to say.

"Things have their priorities. Let's talk about the past later and get down to business!" Zhang Jingqing said.

Aunt Lan nodded and said, "I know, I can tell the difference!"

Soon, everyone discussed a countermeasure. The difficulty of this operation was not to deal with the traitors in Tianshi Mansion, but to save the people in Qingyun Temple.

The purpose of inviting Aunt Lan was to use water magic to bypass the eyes and ears of the Wen County warlords and those paper human heads with eyes, and to directly descend from the sky and appear in Qingyun Temple to save people and eliminate demons.

With Aunt Lan taking action, a countermeasure was quickly formulated and who to send over.

Quality is more important than quantity. As the leader of Zhengyi, Tianshi cannot go down the mountain easily. Zhang Jingqing stays in Longhu Mountain and is not directly involved in this matter.

The operation was led by Zhang Yi and Yi Qian, in addition to four white-haired Taoist masters with profound Taoist skills who had been granted the power of thunder by the Heavenly Master, as well as Lan Gu, Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi.

There is no need to say much about Zhang Zhiwei's strength. His actions during this period have already proved his strength. No one has any objection to sending him.

As for Zhang Huaiyi, he is a guide.

Speed ​​is of the essence in war. As the lives of everyone in Qingyun Palace were at stake, everyone quickly prepared the magic tools and talismans to exorcise the demons, and Aunt Lan also set up the altar.

Zhang Zhiwei looked at the four uncles and aunts except Yi Qian and Zhang Yi. As the chief disciple of this generation in Longhu Mountain, he had naturally seen these seniors before, but he was not very familiar with them.

After all, not all Taoists are as easy to talk to as Zhang Yi. Many of them are old stubborn people who are difficult to talk to. Otherwise, they would not have the title of "stubborn ox nose".

In fact, before his master asked him to take up a temporary post at Zhengyi Temple, he was not very familiar with Yi Qian. He only knew that Uncle Master Yi Qian was a tough guy who was not easy to deal with. Unexpectedly, after knowing him for a long time, he found out that he was actually similar to Uncle Master Zhang Yi.

These old Taoists greeted him and then stood aside, looking at his nose with their eyes and their heart with their noses, without saying a word.

Lan Gu’s altar is placed on the bank of Luxi River at the foot of Longhu Mountain.

The Luxi River starts from the Wuyi Mountains, passes through the Longhu Mountains, merges into the Xinjiang River, then enters Poyang Lake, and finally flows into the Yangtze River. It can be said that it has a well-developed water vein.

"Senior Lan, are we going to turn into a river and get through? As far as I know, there is only one well around Qingyun Temple that is barely wide enough for one person to crawl through. A big guy like my brother would get stuck."

Zhang Huaiyi asked with a curious look on his face.

Aunt Lan is a generous person, she said with a smile:
"You think it's a fire escape technique?"

Zhang Huaiyi smiled awkwardly. He had seen Fengping's fire escape technique before at Yinghe Tower and knew that the fire escape technique was to travel through flames.

"The Fire Escape Technique requires the conversion to the Holy Fire and the ordination, but you cannot bring other people along with you. Big-eared boy, do you know how to walk in the underworld?" asked Aunt Lan.

"I've heard of it," Zhang Huaiyi said obediently, "Legend has it that there is a profession called Yin Walker, which refers to people who walk between the Yin and Yang worlds."

Aunt Lan nodded and said, "Water is the place where the Yin is locked. So there is a saying that all the water veins in the world lead to the underworld. Our trip this time is to borrow a passage from the underworld!"

(End of this chapter)