The pear tree on the wall is snowy and delicate

Chapter 316: Green Mountains Always Remain

After Zhao Wuyang returned to the sect, he had planned to inform Master Qianyuan about the box, but who would have thought that he was sent back to the City Lord's Mansion by Lingxiang without even seeing his master.

Lingxiang said that since he was back and so close, he should go home to report his safety and avoid worrying his family. Zhao Wuyang thought Lingxiang was right, so he went down the mountain.

But the box was in his possession, and Zhao Wuyang always felt something was not right. What if he accidentally released the monster inside? What would happen then?

Zhao Wuyang carefully placed the box on the table and examined it carefully for a long time. Suddenly, he discovered that the box seemed a little different from before.

I remember that when I saw this box before, the pattern on it was dark brown, but this time it turned silver, as if it had been newly painted.

hiss!
Zhao Wuyang took a breath of cold air.
Could it be that the monster inside is about to escape?
Not right either!
I remember that I had put the box in the pocket on my chest, but after returning home I took it out from the pocket on my sleeve.

Could it be that someone has opened it?

Zhao Wuyang couldn't help but take another breath, but he calmed down after a while.

Although he was not very proficient in talisman arrays, he had read some books and was certain that the pattern on the box was a talisman array.

Since the talisman has become new, someone must have reinforced the talisman array, or set up a new array, but who opened it? But Zhao Wuyang figured it out in a flash, it must have been done by Lingxiang.

When I was living in Ding'an before, the incense became very strange and made me sleep for a long time. I think it was at that time. Since it has been opened, it should not be dangerous, so why do I have to seal it again?

Zhao Wuyang couldn't help but become curious. What on earth was in this box? He picked up the box and weighed it. He felt that it was quite heavy. He shook it gently but didn't hear any sound.

Could it be an empty box? Why did Jin leave an empty box for him?

Just when Zhao Wuyang was puzzled, there was a sudden noise outside the house. He quickly put the box away and went out to take a look, only to see several servants whispering behind the house.

These are elderly people who are used to being employed in the family. Although the family does not treat them harshly on weekdays, they will never be so unruly.

Out of curiosity, Zhao Wuyang took a few steps back and looked in the direction of the servant's finger. He saw dark clouds rolling and gathering together like a tide, spinning down in the north, as if there was a gap in the sky, and that direction was exactly...

"It's a sect!"

Zhao Wuyang was extremely frightened, and felt a surge of uneasiness in his heart. At this moment, he heard the servant beside him whisper:
"Alas! Those alchemists from Jiuque Mountain are causing trouble again..."

"What do you mean by again?"

"Well, you were still young at that time. The same thing happened about ten years ago. The situation then was almost the same as it is now."

"and after?"

"Later, those alchemists closed their mountain gates and stopped accepting disciples."

……

Hearing this, Zhao Wuyang couldn't help but think of some things circulating in the sect, those things that the head teacher had strictly ordered not to be discussed.

Could it be that the sect has encountered another disaster?
Zhao Wuyang was shocked and tried to run outside, but was stopped at the door.

"I'm fine! What are you doing?" It was City Lord Zhao.

"Father, the sect is in trouble, I..."

"You can't go anywhere." Before Zhao Wuyang could finish his words, City Lord Zhao stopped him.

Zhao Wuyang didn't know why City Lord Zhao was like this. His father was a kind and righteous man, so how could he let himself watch the sect suffer? Could it be... Just as Zhao Wuyang was doubting, he saw the City Lord's wife walk out from the side.

"It's you!"

However, the city lord's wife shook her head and took out a black jade plate from her bosom. The words "Fu Cang" were clearly visible on the plate.

It’s Lingxiang, but why doesn’t Lingxiang let her return to the sect?

Zhao Wuyang was puzzled, and heard the city lord's wife softly say: "Earlier, the fairy sent someone to order that you must stay in the city to ensure your safety. Only when your box is opened can you be allowed to go up the mountain."

Sure enough, Lingxiang had opened this box, but what does this mean?
"Now there are monsters outside the city. Even if you go there, you may not be able to reach Jiuque Mountain." City Lord Zhao said.

Monster! It's actually a monster!

"In that case, the people in the city..."

"Notices have been posted in the city long ago, prohibiting people from leaving the city at will, and the people outside the city have also been accommodated in the city."

"But that's a monster! How can a mere city wall stop it?" Zhao Wuyang was shocked and made a move to go out.

Although I am not familiar with formations, I have faced monsters before. Even if I am outnumbered, it is better than having no resistance at all.

At this moment, an old man's laughter was heard from the city lord's mansion, and along with the laughter came the sound of wooden sticks hitting the bluestone slabs.

"I haven't been out of the forest for a long time. There are so many young people in this world. This trip is really worthwhile!"

An old man holding a cane slowly walked out from behind the city lord. The cane looked very strange, it was clearly a bamboo, but it was forked at the top like a branch, and a black gold wine gourd was hung on it.

The old man looked quite old, with white eyebrows and beard, but his eyes were bright. He was wearing a green Taoist robe, which looked very strange. And the person following behind him was actually...

"Brother Honeysuckle!"

The person coming is dressed so eye-catchingly, isn't he the old man with a bamboo stick?

Zhao Wuyang didn't know the old man with the bamboo stick, but he knew Jin Dong. But what he didn't understand was that as Lingxiang's disciple, didn't Jin Dong see the ominous group hovering on the top of Jiuque Mountain? Moreover, since there were monsters outside the city, as Taoists, shouldn't they stand up?
The old man with the bamboo stick seemed to see what Zhao Wuyang was thinking. He just smiled and waved his hand: "Rosewood, what is the sentence that your teacher often tells you?"

Hearing this, Honeysuckle bowed and replied in a serious tone: "A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall."

Although Ren Dong was replying to the old man with the bamboo stick, Zhao Wuyang knew that this sentence was meant for him, but...

"Even if it's a dangerous wall, so what? Are you going to just stand by and watch it die without helping?"

When City Lord Zhao heard this, he was about to scold him, but he saw the old man with the bamboo stick waved his hand.

"I'm not asking you to stand by and watch someone die, I'm just saying you should do what you can. Do you think that disaster can be resolved by you going there? Young man, there will always be green mountains and firewood."

That being said, could it be possible that they would just ignore their fellow disciples?

Zhao Wuyang wanted to say something, but Rendong held him down.

"Lingxiang has her own plans, otherwise she wouldn't have tricked you back home, right?"

The word "cheat" was really well used. Only then did Zhao Wuyang realize that he was really "tricked" back by Lingxiang.

(End of this chapter)