Chapter 834
: Scary
"Hmph, do you really think we cultivators are omnipotent? With such little cultivation, let me tell you, even Abbot Wang would have to keep his tail between his legs if he went to Kunlun Mountain. Every mountain has its own rules, and all mountains and rivers have spirits. Don't think that just because you've learned some magic and have some cultivation, you can be arrogant and disregard spirits."
Pan Yun: "Senior Brother Zhang, that's not what I meant. I've always revered nature. I mean, can Senior Brother hold on for another three to five years?"
Zhang Ziwang's pupils contracted slightly as he turned to glare at Pan Yun.
Pan Yun looked back at him with a puzzled expression: "Weren't my third senior brother and fourth senior sister supposed to be going to find medicine for our eldest senior brother?"
Zhang Ziwang asked expressionlessly, "Who is this senior brother you're talking about?"
"Of course it's Zhang Liuzhen, the senior disciple of our Longhu Mountain Academy. Could it be my lively and energetic senior disciple Wang Feiyin, who looks like he'll live for another three hundred years?"
Zhang Ziwang remained silent.
Li Wenying touched her nose and lowered her head to suppress her laughter.
Zhang Ziwang glared at him fiercely, then turned to look at Pan Yun, his eyes red: "Who told you that?"
Pan Yun grinned at him: "I was just kidding you."
Zhang Ziwang was stunned, and a surge of anger almost consumed him. Li Wenying immediately pressed him down, saying, "Calm down, calm down, this is someone else's rooftop..."
Zhang Ziwang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Some people don't want them to find those medicines, or bring them back, so Zhang Li has to hide his whereabouts. Otherwise, they will be upset."
Pan Yun: "I don't understand. Zhang Liuzhen is Zhang Zhenren's only son. Why didn't he clear the way for him? As far as I know, although he searched everywhere for medicine to keep Zhang Liuzhen alive, he didn't put his heart into finding the three herbs that could completely cure him. Why?"
Zhang Ziwang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "A true person always hopes for his well-being and wishes him to live."
Li Wenying's face was extremely sour. She stopped pressing down on Zhang Ziwang and stared blankly into the distance.
No one could tell Pan Yun the answer, and the three of them fell silent. Dawn broke soon afterward.
Pan Xiaohei, who had been dozing, was the first to wake up. At the moment the dawn broke, it was already tilting its head back and opening its little mouth to inhale and exhale spiritual energy.
After Pan Yun and the others calmed down, they had been meditating and cultivating. At this moment, when the spiritual energy was at its peak, the three of them opened their eyes at the same time.
The clear morning sun on the horizon, like a colorful ribbon cascading down, spread across the mountain behind the house, with the ends of the ribbon fluttering over the main trunk of the house.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered here, and Zhang Ziwang and Li Wenying saw the dragon's aura.
"This is a dragon vein!" Zhang Ziwang's eyes widened as he jumped around on the roof with a compass in his hand, sometimes turning around on the east wing roof, sometimes jumping to the west wing roof, and sometimes jumping to the main house roof.
Zhang Ziwang's breathing quickened, urging Li Wenying, who was deep in thought, "Is it the aura of the Azure Dragon?"
Li Wenying nodded calmly: "Yes."
Zhang Ziwang was extremely distressed: "But something's not right. There's a dragon vein here, and our Longhu Mountain isn't far away. How come we don't know anything about it?"
Who knows?
Li Wenying scratched his head. He often traveled outside and, in his memory, had passed by this place several times, but he had never noticed anything unusual. If it weren't for the fact that the village where the ritual was performed yesterday was not far from here and that there were unusual celestial phenomena during the ritual, they would not have noticed anything either.
"Huh, the dragon energy of this dragon vein seems to be locked up. No, it's not locked up, it's just that the dragon energy passing through this house can't stay. It immediately dissipates, either returning to the mountains behind it or spreading to the nearby villages and towns..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ziwang grabbed his compass and jumped down to find the source.
Pan Jun's forehead twitched, and she lowered her voice, saying, "What if we keep going like this? What if someone finds out?"
The servants of the house got up before dawn, but since their quarters were far away, they didn't spot the three people.
But now there's movement in the master bedroom too. As soon as they get up, the house will be full of people. Unless they can hide, they'll be caught one by one.
Invisibility talismans are quite expensive, and invisibility spells also consume energy.
Zhang Ziwang thought for a moment, then he and Li Wenying pulled Pan Yun out.
The three of them first went to town for breakfast, then changed into Taoist robes from Longhu Mountain, took whisks in their hands, and appeared openly in front of the Huang residence. Pan Yun sighed, knowing she couldn't stop them.
With their combined skills, finding the magic array she set up shouldn't be difficult. Hopefully, the yellow talismans used to set up the array won't look familiar to them.
At this moment, Pan Yun was using her true identity and was not worried at all about being recognized by Master Huang. So she openly followed Zhang Ziwang into the Huang residence.
When Master Huang heard that the Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain had come to visit, he was so frightened that he panicked.
Upon meeting, Zhang Ziwang said with a deep expression, "Good sir, I was passing by from afar when I noticed something unusual about your house, so I came to investigate."
Master Huang panicked even more, fearing that his possession of the dragon vein would be discovered. The Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain was the emperor's henchman, and if they found out, his Huang family would soon produce an emperor...
This is a case of dying before even getting started.
In his panic, Master Huang's face contorted with fear. He roared and pointed at Zhang Ziwang's face, yelling, "Where did these swindlers come from, daring to come to my Huang family to swindle and cheat? Come on, throw them out of here!"
As a result, Zhang Ziwang and the other two were driven out.
If Zhang Ziwang hadn't kept in mind their rule against attacking ordinary people, he almost would have fought back.
The door slammed shut in front of them, and the three of them scrambled to pull back their clothes that had been half-ripped off.
Pan Yun took the broom dust off her head and burst out laughing.
Zhang Ziwang and Li Wenying glared back at each other angrily.
Pan Yun, however, clutched her stomach and burst into laughter, becoming happier and happier with each laugh!
Zhang Ziwang's forehead veins bulged as he asked in a deep voice, "What are you laughing at?"
They laughed at Master Huang's overreaction, at her past scheming, and at their current predicament.
Pan Yun smiled and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, finally managing not to laugh. She comforted her, "Master, let's go. If the master doesn't want to go in, we can't force our way in. We can report it to the Celestial Master's Mansion and have them send someone from the Daoist Records Office to investigate."
They were merely teachers and students at the academy and had no law enforcement authority.
But the Daolu Division has it.
Even if Master Huang doesn't agree, he has to open the door as long as the Daolu Division sends someone.
Pan Yun glanced back at the tightly closed gate, a cold glint in his eyes. Once the Daolu Division came to investigate, Master Huang's intentions would be exposed.
If you encounter a magnanimous monarch who judges actions over intentions, the monarch may not care and let the matter fade away.
But she knew that their young emperor didn't have that kind of magnanimity.
We'll destroy the magic circle we left behind when we have the chance.
Pan Yun's gaze swept over Pan Xiaohei, who was crouching beneath the stone lion, and she thought to herself: [Did you hear that?]
Pan Xiaohei: [I heard you. I'll destroy it if you leave.]
Pan Yun then led the two to town, giving Pan Xiaohei some time.
Zhang Ziwang, full of imposing manner, stopped halfway through his journey, his gaze turning cold: "No, we can't just go back like this."
Pan Yun swallowed hard: "So, what does the headmaster mean?"
"Investigate the owner of this house. I'll go see the magistrate. I refuse to believe I can't get into this house!"
Pan Yun: ...Why be so serious?
But she dared not say it aloud; given her personality, such words would be too suspicious.
Sigh, she's usually much more timid, but she's so easy to talk to now. (End of Chapter)