Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 306 Dragon Swimming in the Shallows
Outside the Great Wall, there is Fengtian City.

Although the old empire supported the puppet state of Manchukuo in order to effectively rule the three provinces outside the Great Wall that it had conquered with great difficulty, it also set its capital in Changchun and renamed it Xinjing.

However, Fengtian City had been the site of two Fengtian Army marshals, and it also had a large amount of investment from Japan, so it was definitely much more prosperous and lively than the Xinjing of the puppet Manchukuo.

Therefore, after conquering the three provinces outside the Great Wall, the Kwantung Army took over the Marshal's Mansion and made it their base camp.

At this time, a few hundred meters outside the Marshal's Mansion, three energetic old men, who had changed their clothes and were arranged in order from tallest to shortest, were watching from afar.

By the way, I also watched the people of Fengtian and Japanese expatriates walking on the streets of Fengtian.

The battle was over, and the Fengtian Army retreated to the interior of the country. Although it was not their fault for the war, they still had to live their lives.

When I woke up, Fengtian was still the same Fengtian, as if nothing had changed, but a lot had indeed changed.

When watching the people of Fengtian interacting with Japanese expatriates they met on the road, the soldiers had to nod and bow, and say "hello" in Japanese from time to time.

The three old men could only sigh when they saw this scene, finished their snacks on the table, paid the bill and left.

He disappeared into the crowd, turned several corners and finally arrived at a large courtyard, where he pushed the door open and entered.

Then he saw the old Zuo Rutong standing in the courtyard, having freed himself from his anti-aging posture and restored his original appearance. In front of him, fifteen young men were kneeling in a row.

The three leaders were holding three urns in their hands.

Just looking at their backs, these fifteen young men all had an ominous aura, which was only obtained from rolling and wrestling in water of blood.

In addition to this, there is a natural and unrestrained quality that only Taoists have. The two temperaments are mixed together without any sense of incongruity.

At this time, the old Zuo Rutong was speechless as he looked at the eighteen disciples kneeling in front of him. They had left Sanyi Sect a year ago, bid farewell to their parents and teachers, just to go north to fight against the Japanese and join the army. While killing enemies for the country, they were also finding a way for Sanyi Sect after they had achieved the third level of rebirth.

"Master, I am useless and have not been able to take good care of my three junior brothers. Now that I know you are coming, I can only ask you to bring the ashes of my three junior brothers back to their homeland, so that they can return to their roots."

Shuiyun, who was in the lead, kowtowed three times to his mentor, cracking the floor.

But how could Zuo Rutong blame his beloved disciple at this moment? He stepped forward to help Shuiyun up.

"Good boy, your teacher doesn't blame you, doesn't blame you, everyone, get up, get up, Shuiyun, where's your hand?"

When touching Shuiyun's arms, Zuo Rutong discovered that the touch of his apprentice's right arm wrapped in gauze was different from that of his left arm.

Shuiyun did not hide it and removed the gauze, revealing a prosthetic limb made of fine iron and engraved with talismans.

"Master, please don't blame me. I had a fight with a strange man from Japan a few days ago. He was really hard to kill. I had to kill him with one hand. Fortunately, Master Liang's attainments in mechanical devices have reached the highest level. Thanks to his ingenious skills, I now have an extra hand. Moreover, it is not a complete loss for me. Master, you see."

Shuiyun took off his prosthetic limb and practiced the third level of reverse life. A stream of white Qi gushed out from his broken arm and transformed into a right hand composed purely of Qi.

This scene has some of the flavor of the supernatural powers gathering and dispersing to form shapes as described in fantasy picture novels.

Shui Yun showed Zuo Rutong the insights he gained from this fight, with a smile on his face, as if telling Zuo Rutong that his broken arm was not a big deal.

Seeing how strong his disciple was, Zuo Rutong no longer felt sad, because the character shown by his disciple at this moment made it unnecessary for him to say anything.

The old Xuanmen monk who came to the outside of the Great Wall with Zuo Rutong and Old Zhang Tianshi to inquire about the truth was also watching this scene and felt a lot of emotion.

This incident of a dragon falling outside the Great Wall has stirred the hearts of a number of practitioners inside and outside the Great Wall, but those who can come to join in the fun are basically those whose ancestors have achieved divine ascension.

They all knew why Zuo Rutong showed his true face after releasing his reverse life posture, as well as the reason why these fifteen disciples of Sanyi Sect wanted to meet him now.

A large part of those who can be here have ancestors who have achieved divine ascension. The method of ascension may have been lost, but the foundation is still there.

The Triple Reverse Life Skill is recognized by people in the circle as a unique skill that is unparalleled in the world, and they all admit it.

But that is a skill, not a way.

No matter how unrivaled you are in the world, you cannot change the fact that you cannot ascend to heaven.

It’s just that most people are deceived by the illusion that the three levels of Nisheng are unrivaled in the world, and don’t think about it in this direction.

Those of them whose ancestors had ascended to heaven knew the truth, but there was no need for them to be the bad guy and say something that could destroy the roots of someone's sect. They could only figure it out on their own.

"Brother Zuo, why are you so sad? The road to heaven is never a smooth one. Your disciple now has his own views on the way of rebirth. You should be happy for him."

"Master, everyone, I'm sorry to make you laugh at me."

“Master Zuo, you must not be so mean. Although we are from the Xuan Sect, who has truly reached the level of the ancestor since the founder? We have never looked down on Sanyi, nor have we looked down on Master Zuo. We just don’t dare to be the villain. Now that Master Zuo and all the disciples have seen through the maze, we can’t wait to be happy. Blessings and disasters go hand in hand. This time, Sanyi Sect broke through the maze of Nisheng by itself. Is it good or bad? Who can tell?”

The head of Wudang sect, who entered the courtyard with Lao Zhang Tianshi, quickly spoke up to explain the reason.

After Zuo Rutong saw through the truth about Ni Sheng, he also understood why the Sanyi Sect had attracted so much attention in recent years. On the one hand, it was because of the third level of Ni Sheng, which was unique in the world, but more importantly, it was because of himself.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing, but at least this is the case for Trinity School now.

The golden body of the immortal Daying has been broken. Whether the Sanyi Sect can take advantage of this to rebuild itself depends on the luck of oneself, the gatekeeper.

"Then I would like to thank Senior Brother Zhang from Wudang for his kind words. Now that everyone is here and my disciples have ventured into the city after receiving my message, let's borrow Manager Liu's precious land and talk about this trip outside the Great Wall."

"You're welcome, Chief Zuo."

Shopkeeper Liu is naturally the head of Jianghu Inn, Liu Wei's father, a middle-aged businessman who looks fat and wealthy.

After fighting for more than a year outside the Great Wall, the Guanwai branch of Jianghu Inn basically became the private property of the Japanese after they occupied the three provinces outside the Great Wall.

But for intelligence gathering, having three burrows is a necessary skill. A group of old people from the interior of the country came to the outside of the country to gather information. Although they all had superb skills and had experience in traveling around the world,

But after all, he is the master of a certain field, and traveling around the world is something he did when he was young.

Although I have experience, it is not as good as people like Jianghu Xiaozhan who go out every day.

It is better to leave the task of finding a safe place to stay to professionals.

Jianghu Inn is the best client. For Manager Liu, exchanging a courtyard for the favors of a group of elders from the Xuanmen sect is a huge profit!
A group of elders from the Xuanmen sect first comforted the disciples that Zuo Rutong had met. Zuo Rutong also handed over the ashes of three disciples who died in the war outside the Great Wall to Manager Liu for safekeeping. Then he walked aside and gave the main seat to Old Master Zhang who had returned from a walk outside.

As Old Taoist Priest Zhang took the main seat, the entire hall was filled with the Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, Wudang, Zhongnan Quanzhen, Fujian Trinity, Shaolin, Lingyin, and Putuo Temples.

The elders of the Buddhist and Taoist sects all gathered here.

The fifteen Trinity disciples who had ventured into the city to see their mentor naturally looked at each other before clasping their fists and bowing to the group of elders.

"My dear seniors, there are many strange things going on this time. Please allow me to demonstrate."

“Don’t be so reserved, young man. Show your skills quickly.” After getting the approval from their senior, Shuiyun, Changqing and Zhuge Yunduan, the three oldest Trinity disciples, looked at each other and began to practice the third level of Reverse Rebirth.

As the white Qi flowed out from the bodies of the fifteen Trinity disciples and merged together, the white Qi changed its appearance in the eyes of the old masters of the Xuanmen.

The white Qi transformed, outlining the contours of a swamp and a village.

Immediately afterwards, a figure like a snake or a dragon fell from the clouds, knocking down houses and leaving an outline in the water grass area.

After a while, people moved around. Perhaps the villagers who heard the noise came out to check. Then, as if after seeing the true face of this huge monster, all kinds of people appeared.

Some called their friends, some knelt on the spot, some went back with their weapons to do something, and some ran to inform the authorities.

Then, in less than half a day, the huge creature that fell from the clouds seemed to realize its current situation. It struggled to break free from the shackles imposed on it by the villagers and flew into the air again.

But it was swaying in the air, sometimes up and sometimes down, and its height was fluctuating. The noise was so loud that everyone could hear it wherever it passed.

For a time, people in the city, outside the city, in the mountains, and in the forests came.

Both human and non-human beings noticed the huge creature flying through the clouds in the sky.

They all followed it spontaneously, wanting to see where this huge monster would end up.

After following for half a month, almost all the practitioners outside the Great Wall witnessed this scene.

And on this day, this huge monster seemed to be completely exhausted, and fell from the clouds and landed in the water of the mortal world.

The moment it fell into the water, all the practitioners following behind it also took action.

The methods used by practitioners such as Japanese Shintoism, Satakano magic monks, Onmyoji, and Ninjas were entangled with the immortal spirits whose main bodies lived in the deep mountains and old forests and whose souls had left their bodies with the evil spirits, and together they rushed into the water where the giant monster fell.

However, this should have been a fierce battle of magical powers to see who would come out on top, but there was no sound at all.

The only change was that clouds and mist rose from the water where the huge monster fell.

The fog was so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. After expanding to a certain extent, it maintained its status quo.

Next came the Kwantung Army, which arrived later. They went to explore with the able-bodied men they had captured along the way, including their own soldiers who had filled in the gaps.

But it was like a drop in the ocean. The moment it entered the clouds, it lost contact. No matter what means were used, it was useless.

As a last resort, they could only build a military camp along the outskirts of the clouds. It was loose on the outside but tight on the inside. One after another, Japanese experts came by special cars, came with high enthusiasm, and left without a trace, just like an insatiable glutton's mouth.

When these scenes evolved from the white qi faded away, all the old masters of the Xuanmen sect who had seen the whole story of the falling dragon had the same expression.

You look at me, I look at you, and our faces reveal the same message: Oh no, this time it’s for real!

"Shuiyun, where did you get these methods and scenes?"

"Master, do you still remember the first place where the giant object fell during our demonstration?"

"The villagers saw it with their own eyes? But why couldn't they see its true appearance?"

"I'm afraid the divine beasts didn't show their true appearance when they came to the mortal world. Or maybe it's because they couldn't imagine such incredible things when they were alive, so they couldn't evolve to see them."

"In life?"

"When we arrived, the village had already been massacred by the Japanese invaders. In order to find out the reason, we had to transfer the true Qi into his mind to obtain the reason and follow the clues all the way. Everywhere we passed, there were the remains of the wounded left by the practitioners fighting for them. We pieced together the cause and effect along the way."

When Shuiyun and the fifteen Trinity disciples finished displaying the scene, they said no more, bowed to all the seniors, and retreated, waiting for their master to discuss a result with these Xuanmen seniors.

After the door closed, all the elders of the Xuanmen sect looked at Old Master Zhang.

"No wonder this fairy spirit chose to hide after such a big incident happened outside the customs. It turns out that they all died here. Everyone, it's hard to predict whether it will be a blessing or a curse this time."

Old Master Zhang looked at his old friends who were waiting for him to make a decision and only said this.

The older generation had all dealt with the immortals outside the Great Wall when they were young. They knew that these elves, whose real bodies were not convenient for traveling, were so good at fighting outside their bodies that even the orthodox ones dared not guarantee a win.

In terms of spirit and soul, he is second to none in the circle.

Moreover, they were fighting at home, but with such a huge advantage, they were still stuck in the water together with the aliens from Japan and couldn't get out.

As for Changbai Mountain, the ancestral home of the immortals, it is closed at this time. It is obviously to protect those immortals whose souls have left their bodies but whose real bodies remain, for fear that something bad might happen to them.

Even the immortals were trapped in it quietly. Some of the older generations like them are not as capable as the immortals. Aren’t they more dangerous?

"Master, we have prepared for the worst-case scenario for this trip outside the Great Wall. We have to go anyway."

"That's true, but please don't be impulsive."

"It's clear."

After making sure that all the old friends were mentally prepared, Old Master Zhang looked at Zuo Rutong.

"Brother Zuo, this time it's up to you and your disciples to lead the way for us."

"Of course, but Master, we have so many people here that we have to be so careful. But do you think the two we are worried about have already arrived?"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Zhang's face darkened, because he knew that what Zuo Rutong said was very likely.

The two "they" mentioned by the two Xuanmen leaders are naturally referring to Wang Yi and Zhang Zhiwei who were traveling with them.

Just as Zuo Rutong said, Wang Yi and Zhang Zhiwei had already arrived at the place where the huge monster fell, looking down from above.

You can see that in the Japanese army camp where there is a guard post every ten steps and a sentry every five steps, there is a hazy fog, almost the size of a village.

The wind cannot blow it away, and the rain cannot disperse it.

It is clearly right in front of me, yet it seems to be in another world, like a dream.

"It is said that clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers. When our ancestor completed his elixir, a dragon and a tiger appeared. Could this be the image?"

Sitting on the paper crane, Zhang Zhiwei looked at this thing, which even he couldn't figure out for the first time, with a look of strong curiosity on his face.

But when he turned his head to look at Wang Yi, he found that Wang Yi's brows were frowned, giving Zhang Zhiwei the feeling that Wang Yi seemed to know what this fog was.

(End of this chapter)