Young man, please stay

Chapter 274 Immortal Master
In the martial arts world, there are thousands of sects and gangs of all sizes, but only the [Three Sects, Six Schools, and Twelve Schools] can be truly ranked.

Among them, the twelve sects at the bottom are always changing due to the ever-changing world of martial arts.

However, the three high and mighty sects can maintain their status for a long time due to their strength and profound foundation.

Including the youngest among them, Tianhe Zong.

Even though Wuliang Mountain and Chanzhen Temple had already stood for about a thousand years when its founder and "master of all generations" Nangong Zhuo founded the Tianhe Sect a hundred years ago, compared with other sects, the Tianhe Sect can still be considered to have a "long history".

Tianhe Sect of Yizhou.

Yunzhou Chanzhen Temple.

Wuliang Mountain in the East China Sea.

These three underworld giants have always been the place that many underworld people yearn for.

Of course, due to its nature as a "demon sect", the Tianhe Sect may have less interest.

However, Chanzhen Temple and Wuliang Mountain are different. The martial arts of Chanzhen Temple have always been profound and mysterious, with a long history. It is said that many existing martial arts originated from Chanzhen Temple, so there is also a saying that "all martial arts in the world come from Chanzhen". Many great figures even went to Chanzhen Temple to become monks in their later years, just to get a glimpse of one or two methods from the Sutra Library to solve the puzzles of martial arts in their lifetime.

Many people are eager to join the Chanzhen Temple as lay disciples.

And Wuliang Mountain...

In the eyes of many people, it is a fairy mountain.

……

The fairy waterfall in Lingjian hangs down from the sky, and the pines and cypresses on the cliffs exude spiritual energy.

All year round, residents living on the coast can see cranes flying across the sky and blue bulls treading on auspicious clouds on the Wuliang Mountain in the East China Sea.

In the Taoist temples of all sizes on the mountain, immortals preach and Taoist children burn incense.

According to some young Taoist priests who occasionally come down the mountain, there are even beautiful but cold Taoist nuns who play the flute at the foot of the mountain. The sound of the flute floats across the sea to the coast, making people think of the fairies in heaven who miss the mortal world.

……

In such an isolated and independent immortal sect, many people who want to join it are not only pursuing martial arts, but are simply daydreaming of becoming immortals.

Therefore, the infusion of fresh blood into Wuliang Mountain has always been the slowest and the least among the three sects.

The number of disciples who can join Wuliang Mountain every ten years can be counted on one hand.

However, Wuliangshan does not have to worry about the "aging" of the sect.

After all, perhaps only God knows how many long-lived old monsters there are in Wuliang Mountain who cannot die even if they want to.

And at this moment, the old Taoist priest Linglongzi, who suddenly appeared between Qin Lang and Liu Tianba and stopped the fight between a master and a half-step master with just a wave of his hand, was one of these old monsters of Wuliang Mountain.

……

"Wuliang Mountain... Linglongzi..."

After the old Taoist priest announced his name, Liu Tianba's originally cautious attitude suddenly turned into respect. He clasped his fists towards Linglongzi and said:
"So it's Ling Dao... uh... Taoist Linglong..."

"Wulian~Tianzun, hahahaha..."

Seeing that Liu Tianba was a little awkward in addressing him, the old Taoist didn't care at all and looked very "open-minded".

However, in Qin Lang's eyes, this open-mindedness was somewhat improper.

"Linglongzi?"

Qin Lang raised his eyebrows and looked at the old Taoist priest:

"Are you from Japan?"

"???"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Tianba couldn't hold back any longer. Although strictly speaking, the two of them had different positions, as a senior, he couldn't help but remind Qin Lang, the ignorant junior:
"Qin Lang, this is the Taoist priest of Wuliang Mountain, you must not be rude."

"No, what's so rude..."

Qin Lang frowned, not knowing what Liu Tianba was talking about. He just talked about the matter at hand:
"He's already a Linglongzi, and he came from the East China Sea. As a serious Central Plains martial artist, isn't it abnormal for me to have reasonable suspicion?"

"Hahaha! Wuliang~Tianzun..."

"..."

To be honest, this old Taoist's habit of speaking is really annoying, just like the bald donkey who chants Buddhist mantras all the time. However, after hearing Qin Lang's doubts, Linglongzi still showed a look of interest in Qin Lang:
"Little Taoist friend, do you know Japan?"

"Aren't they all on the map? Also, I've occasionally read some Japanese stories in storybooks..."

Most of the Japanese stories Qin Lang had read were not serious, so he glanced at the old Taoist priest with a strange expression:
"Why? The Taoist priest has also seen it?"

"That's not true."

Linglongzi flicked his whisk and stroked his long white beard:
"It's just that Wuliang Mountain is in the East China Sea, and we often encounter some Japanese people who are stranded at sea, so I know a little about Japan. As for Linglongzi, it's just my Taoist name. I can still hear the jokes of my little Taoist friend."

……

Although Linglongzi's appearance interrupted the fight between Liu Tianba and Qin Lang, for the onlookers it was undoubtedly just another piece of melon to eat.

Soon, someone guessed that Linglongzi was a Taoist priest from Wuliang Mountain. Many people's eyes lit up on the spot. Some were eager to step forward and become his disciples, while others knelt directly on the spot and worshipped the old Taoist priest as a god from afar.

Su Yinping and Gu Jin were naturally not among these people.

"Madam, people from Wuliang Mountain haven't appeared in the capital for a long time, right?"

"Hmm... the last time someone came to Wuliang Mountain was on my twentieth birthday... I wonder if this time is..."

Su Yinping and Su Yupan are twins, so the princess’ twentieth birthday is naturally the twentieth birthday of the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

Only on such particularly important occasions would the leaders of the three sects usually show up and enjoy the same courtesy as the Great Pillar State Zhu Yueshan, who was allowed to enter the palace with swords and shoes. Moreover, they were free to show up whether publicly or privately.

"Yu Pan should have known about the Taoist priest's visit to the capital. We don't have to worry about anything that happens."

"Um…"

Gu Jin nodded, but when she looked at the princess's almond-shaped eyes, she could clearly see that as an elder sister she was a little worried about her younger sister, and was obviously afraid that the empress would encounter some trouble.

……

On the other side, Liu Tianba had already invited the old Taoist priest to the weapon shop:

"Master, you are tired, would you like to have two cups of tea?"

"Wulian~Tianzun, no need."

"Master, please don't be polite. I would like to ask you something. You just said... that you saved my life from this young man Qin... What does that mean?"

Not only Liu Tianba wanted to know this, Qin Lang was also quite curious.

However, Linglongzi just smiled and said:
"The secret cannot be leaked."

"Oh, that's how it is…"

"..."

Liu Tianba looked as if he understood.

Qin Lang simply rolled his eyes. He didn't know how many times he had read the phrase "Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed" in the storybooks. At this moment, he simply took the old Taoist's words as nonsense.

Just forget it if you don’t like to talk about it.

Anyway, Liu Tianba might still be confused, but Qin Lang himself could guess a little bit. The mystery must be related to the activation of "Zhuo Xin Jue" that he had just done. At that moment, the two mysterious internal skills in his body must have burst out with enough power to threaten a master, so the old Taoist priest took action in time to stop it.

"Master, please come this way. It won't take long to have a cup of tea."

Liu Tianba was still respectfully inviting Linglongzi, and Qin Lang could understand Liu Tianba's attitude.

After all, Linglongzi has Wuliang Mountain behind him, and Liu Tianba is the regent's man, so naturally he would try his best to win over Wuliang Mountain.

But Qin Lang was different.

Although the empress was definitely one of his own, it was not his character to win over anyone. The most important thing was that Qin Lang didn't know why, but he always disliked this old Taoist priest. Seeing his smiling face, he always had the urge to find an opportunity to punch him a few times.

Therefore, Qin Lang's attitude towards Linglongzi was very casual, and he pouted and complained:

"A Taoist priest is a Taoist priest, what immortal master... Where are the immortals in this world?"

"..."

Qin Lang didn't know that his words fell into Linglongzi's ears and made Linglongzi's eyebrows twitch slightly.

(End of this chapter)