Wudang

Chapter 17

"Uncle, I'm afraid the wind and snow are too strong and we won't be able to find Grand Master Uncle." The young Taoist said out loud.

"Hey, who would have thought that there would be heavy snowfall for several days in a row, otherwise I believe that we would meet along the official road. Right now~~ there are people over there, let's ask first." The elder uncle replied.

"Uncle, on this way to the south, we came into the shop and asked everyone we met, but there was no news at all. The nephew thinks that the grand master's uncle should still be in the south. After all, the wind and snow have slowed down the journey."

"Traveling a hundred miles is half-ninety, Daoyi, we have been insisting on the front, if we miss here, will it be a failure?" The uncle shook his head and said, "Go and ask, it won't waste much time."

As the two riders approached, the men and horses of Yusheng Trading Company in the tent also noticed the movement.

They came out of the tent, swords in hand, on guard.

After seeing the two priests, he became less wary.

They can deal with ordinary thieves when they come over. If they are really masters, the real people on the carriage are the real masters, so they naturally have no fear in their hearts.

"Are you all from the south?" The uncle asked aloud.

"Yes, we set off from Luoyang. I don't know what's the matter with the two priests?" The steward here responded aloud.

The people of Yusheng Trading Company are naturally knowledgeable and recognize that the other party is a Taoist priest of Quanzhen Sect, and judging by their attire and momentum, they should not be pretending, and their status in Quanzhen Sect is a bit unusual.

"I want to ask, have you ever seen a real person, he looks like he should be 50 or [-] years old..."

Zhang Junbao in the carriage was stunned when he heard it, how could he be familiar with his description?

He couldn't help but glanced at the master, and the master's conditions seemed to match what he described.

"I am Huolong." Master Huolong ignored his disciple's gaze and spoke out.

A voice suddenly came from a luxurious carriage next to it, causing the hearts of the two Taoist priests of Quanzhen Sect to jump.

To be honest, they didn't think much about it just now, thinking that it should be a certain big family traveling, and the luxurious carriage should be their main family.

But they didn't expect that the Huolong real person they were looking for was in the carriage?
This seems to be inconsistent with the news they got. When did Huolong Daoist need such a luxurious carriage to travel?
"Quanzhen Zhang Zhixian brought his nephew Miao Daoyi to pay a visit to his uncle." Zhang Zhixian hurriedly got off his horse, took a few steps toward the carriage, and then saluted.

Real Huolong opened the curtain and got off the carriage. Zhang Junbao followed closely behind, and couldn't help taking a look at the two of them.

Zhang Zhixian, he heard from his master, is a younger brother who is currently taught by Quanzhen Qi Zhicheng, and he looks less than fifty years old.

As for Miao Daoyi, his master never mentioned it, he is a junior after all.

But Zhang Junbao does have a little memory of this person, of course it comes from later generations.

Miao Daoyi, Qi Zhicheng's disciple, later succeeded Quanzhen as the head teacher. He was the second head teacher, so he was a bit special in Quanzhen Sect, which Zhang Junbao could remember.

Zhang Junbao felt that the Quanzhen Sect would not have more than one Miao Daoyi, so this Miao Daoyi would be the master of the two teachers in the future.

However, Miao Daoyi looks less than twenty now, that is, a few years older than himself.

Of course Zhang Zhixian and Miao Daoyi felt Zhang Junbao's scrutinizing gaze.

Zhang Zhixian bowed to salute, now that Huolong Daoist came over, he didn't dare to move at all.

It was the moment Zhang Junbao got off the carriage that he caught a glimpse.

Those who can stay in the same carriage as Daoist Huolong should be disciples of the Pure Yang Sect based on their attire.

He heard from the brother in charge that Huolong Daoist has accepted a disciple in recent years, and it must be this one.

Miao Daoyi was not as reserved as Zhang Zhixian, he secretly looked at the legendary Huolong Daoist, Zhang Junbao as well.

After all, he is a young man, so he is more curious.

The people from Yusheng Trading Company have avoided it long ago. They are all discerning, and it is better not to listen to some things.

An expert is worthy of being an expert, even the Taoist priest of the Quanzhen Sect is called Master Uncle.

But they were relieved when they remembered that Master Compassionate, the head of Emei sect, still had to be called a true senior brother.

"Uncle Master (Uncle Grand Master)."

When Huolong Daoist came in front of them, they shouted again.

Qi Zhicheng, the head teacher of Quanzhen, studied under Song Defang, and Song Defang studied under one of the seven sons of Quanzhen, the fourth head teacher and the eldest son Liu Chuxuan.

Song Defang is not an ordinary person, he is called Piyun, he complied with Qiu Chuji's will and entrusted the general manager to publish "Great Yuan Xuandu Taoist Collection".

Daoist Huolong descended from his seniority and was of the same generation as Master Compassionate, Changchun Daoist Qiu Chuji and others.

Liu Chuxuan and Qiu Chuji are senior brothers, so they both have to call Huolong Daoist Senior Brother. Based on this calculation, Qi Zhicheng and Zhang Zhicheng's generation should naturally be called Huolong Daoist Master Uncle, while Miao Daoyi, who is a younger generation, can be called Grand Master Uncle .

In fact, the seniority relationship in the arena is generally not so troublesome, and it can often be covered by the word 'senior'.

For example, there is nothing wrong with both Zhang Zhixian and Miao Daoyi calling Master Huolong a senior, after all, they are not from the same sect.

The reason why they yelled that was actually to show that the two factions were more intimate, and only the sects with close relations would be like this.

Hearing the address of the two, Zhang Junbao couldn't help muttering to himself.

I have not yet entered Quanzhen Sect, my seniority has already been determined, and it is ridiculously high.

Even if these two people don't call themselves uncle, uncle ancestor, they have to call uncle uncle, uncle ancestor.

The ancients paid more attention to seniority, Zhang Junbao has a deep understanding of this.

In those wealthy families, the youngest son may be the son or even the grandson of the eldest son. Zhang Junbao suddenly found that his situation was so similar to these.

Who told me that my master's seniority is so high, and he has only accepted himself as a disciple.

When Mrs. Compassionate Heart and Song Yixi were together before, he didn't feel that much. It was because Song Yixi's situation was the same as his own.

Master Compassionate had already stopped accepting apprentices, but she did not expect to accept a young apprentice like Song Yixi more than ten years ago. It can be said that many disciples in Emei have to be called Uncle Song Yixi, Master Uncle, and those people must be of certain ages. Much older than her.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Junbao felt that if he returned to the Chunyang Sect one day, he might be in the same situation.

Even if there are not many disciples in the Chunyang Sect, but the master's other senior brothers, that is, the disciples of his own master uncles, don't know how much older they are, so they naturally have disciples, apprentices and so on.

"What are you doing here?" Huolong Daoist asked lightly.

"Brother Master Master has something important to see Master Uncle Zu, so he asked his disciples to search all the way along the official road, but he did not expect to meet Uncle Master here, Brother Master Master..." At this point, Zhang Zhixian looked at Miao Daoyi, "Dao Yi , you go there first."

"Junbao." Huolong Daoist also shouted.

Zhang Junbao knew that this was for the two of them to avoid, and there were some things that they couldn't let them know.

"Master, then I'll go there too." Zhang Junbao followed in the direction where Miao Daoyi walked away.

The two walked five feet before stopping.

"Daoyi met Master Uncle." Miao Daoyi hastily saluted Zhang Junbao.

Although Zhang Junbao is a few years younger than himself, the seniority of Huolong Daoist is really too high, and the seniority cannot be messed up.

"It doesn't have to be like this." Zhang Junbao hurriedly waved his hands.

He couldn't adapt to this change at all for a while.

“We are about the same age~~~”

"Seniority and inferiority are orderly, elder and younger are different, etiquette cannot be abandoned." Miao Daoyi seemed to have guessed what Zhang Junbao wanted to say.

Zhang Junbao can do whatever he wants, but he can't.

If master, uncle and the others find out, I will have no good fruit to eat.

Zhang Junbao did not continue to say anything, after all, it was the first time the two of them met, and they were not familiar with each other.

I originally wanted to say that I could meet with my peers in private, but now it seems that I took it for granted.

People in this era really value seniority.

But then again, in fact, strength speaks, right?
If you say that your master is just an ordinary Taoist, how can the Quanzhen sect take him seriously?
At most, it's just a 'senior'.

After all, it is still strength.

Zhang Junbao suddenly felt a sense of crisis, not because his life was in danger, but because his current strength was too weak.

Although he is terrifyingly high in terms of seniority, he is definitely not Miao Daoyi's opponent in a real fight.

Maybe I am a disciple of Chunyang Sect, and they will not say much if I am a disciple of my master, but it is hard to say what is going on in private.

No matter what, it is always right to improve your own strength.

Thinking of this, Zhang Junbao wished to continue comprehending "Sleeping Dream Picture" immediately. The sooner he could achieve a dream lasting ten days, the sooner he could practice "Taizu Changquan" in his dream, he believed that his strength would improve by leaps and bounds.

Zhang Junbao didn't know what to say because of Miao Dao's respectful appearance, so he asked him about his age and some customs in Dadu, and then he didn't say anything more.

Miao Daoyi is eighteen this year, four years older than Zhang Junbao, and is Qi Zhicheng's youngest disciple.

This made Zhang Junbao speechless for a while.

When Miao Dao saw him, he was probably extremely depressed.

Because Miao Daoyi's seniority status in Quanzhen Sect is similar to his own, Qi Zhicheng is over 60 years old, and most of his disciples are much older than Miao Daoyi.

Among the apprentices of these disciples, there are probably older than Miao Dao, and they all have to call Miao Dao one by one as Master Uncle.

Now that I met myself, this generational contrast was completely reversed.

I am not used to it, and Miao Daoyi is afraid that it will be the same.

So, Zhang Junbao finished after asking a few words, a little restrained and awkward.

After a while, Zhang Junbao heard Master calling them.

The two hurried back quickly.

"Junbao, as a teacher, you have to take a step ahead. You can make it in time according to the original itinerary." Huolong Daoist said.

It seems that the Quanzhen Sect really sought out their master for some important matter, he had expected this, otherwise Zhang Zhixian would not have sent Zhang Zhixian to intercept him along the way.

He thought that he would probably speed up his journey, but he didn't expect Master to leave first.

Is it for the sake of Taoism and Buddhism?
probably not.

He knew that his master didn't want to participate, after all, there was basically no chance of winning this debate.

If not for this, then what?
Zhang Junbao didn't ask too much, if he could say that his master had already told him.

Over there, Zhang Zhixian also told Miao Daoyi: "Take care of Uncle Zhang on the way. If there is any trouble, please report the name of Quanzhen Sect."

"Yes, Master Uncle, you can rest assured about Master Uncle." Miao Daoyi assured.

Zhang Zhixian nodded.

This time I came out to find Huolong Daoist, originally he alone was enough.

But the elder brother in charge still asked Miao Daoyi to follow, how could he not be clear about the elder brother's plan?
Although Miao Daoyi is young, he is very talented and understanding, and he is a disciple that his senior brother values ​​very much.

He wanted to let Miao Daoyi and Huolong Daoist meet first, maybe they could form a good relationship. If he could get Huolong Daoist's guidance, it would be of great benefit to Miao Daoyi.

After Huolong Daoist explained some things to pay attention to on the road, he and Zhang Zhixian performed lightness kung fu and walked on the snow.

The two have profound skills, and the speed of performing lightness kung fu is actually much faster than that of a horse.

Zhang Zhixian used to ride horses to take care of Miao Daoyi. After all, Miao Daoyi was talented, but he was still young.

His internal strength is still not able to maintain the full strength of lightness kung fu for a long time, he needs to stop and go, and traveling is definitely not as fast as riding a horse, because they all have thousands of miles of horses.

An hour after Huolong and Daoist left, the wind and snow became smaller, Zhang Junbao and the others started on the road again without waiting for the snow to stop in order not to waste time.

There was no one else on the official road, just a few carriages and a dozen of them, they looked so small in the white world.

"Huh? I finally saw someone." Zhang Junbao fell asleep in the carriage and comprehended the exercises when he was suddenly awakened by a sound from outside.

……

He lifted the curtain of the carriage, and saw a convoy of carriages in front of him. There were dozens of carriages, and several carriages seemed to be stuck in the snow. These people were pushing the carts while shouting.

Since the opponent's convoy blocked the way, the carriage naturally stopped.

The steward of Yusheng Commercial Bank had already stepped forward to negotiate, hoping that they would step aside a bit so that I could go first.

When Zhang Junbao came to his senses, he didn't hear some of the previous negotiations. Judging from the current situation, the other party seemed to have no intention of moving away.

Get in the way?

No way, peace is the most important thing when you are away from home.

Especially when the other party looked at the team as a businessman, and under normal circumstances, they would not cause trouble.

"What happened in front? Are they not giving way?" Zhang Junbao couldn't help asking when he saw Miao Daoyi coming back from the front.

"Uncle Master, you misunderstood, the road ahead is weird." Miao Daoyi hastily explained what happened.

Many deep pits appeared on the official road, and these deep pits were covered with snow and could not be seen at all.

The convoy in front was hit. Not to mention the carriage got stuck, many of the horses pulling the cart had their legs broken.

They also wanted to bypass both sides of the official road, but after trying it, they found that there were also large and small pits around them, and they accidentally lost several horses.

This made the convoy dare not rush in, and was organizing people to start clearing the snow along the official road.

Because of this incident, the carriage on his side did not dare to move forward, and the manager of Yusheng Commercial Bank also called his men to help.

"Uncle Master, this matter is strange, you should stay in the car and don't get off." Miao Daoyi said with a slightly grave expression.

Zhang Junbao is also aware of this, these deep pits are probably man-made.

Just when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes not far away.

"Horse bandits!!" There was a commotion in the convoy ahead, and someone exclaimed.

Zhang Junbao soon saw hundreds of riders appearing in front of him, roaring towards the convoy to surround them.

It seems that this gang of horse bandits did it.

Zhang Junbao was nervous for a while, this was the first time he faced it alone, and he didn't feel it because he followed his master before.

But when he thought about it, he still had internal strength, and he could also use Taizu's long fist, so how could he be afraid of these horse bandits?

No matter how bad it is, there is still Miao Daoyi, his martial arts are superior to his own.

(End of this chapter)