The Devil's Tribulation

At night in the Red Mountains, Pan Chengfeng was stewing bear paws in the cave. Uncle Niu walked in expressionlessly. Although there were guards guarding the village, how could they stop Uncle Niu? Pan Chengfeng pretended to be surprised, then smiled and said, "Master, you have a very good nose. My bear paws were almost done, and you came." Uncle Niu didn't say anything. He looked Pan Chengfeng up and down, and saw the dagger on his waist, as if he understood everything.

Uncle Niu waved to Pan Chengfeng and signaled Pan Chengfeng to come. Pan Chengfeng was confused and put down the flames in his hand and came to Uncle Niu. Uncle Niu suddenly bounced his fingers and bounced on Pan Chengfeng's forehead. Pan Chengfeng was caught off guard by Uncle Niu's attack and was stunned. He flew out more than ten meters, and before the word "ah~" was finished, he hit the cave wall and made a loud noise. Uncle Niu flew over and came to the place where Pan Chengfeng landed, pulled Pan Chengfeng, who had not yet reacted, and beat him up! He shouted: "Let you not cause trouble everywhere! Let you not find a young wife all day! Let you not provoke the government! What kind of thing do you do not do?!"

Now Pan Chengfeng finally understood that his crime had been exposed long ago, but his master had not said anything. Now he must be in trouble. Pan Chengfeng did not even dare to shout after being beaten by his master. Uncle Niu did not really want to hurt him. Although the noise was loud, the recovery ability of a physical practitioner was amazing. After beating for five minutes, Uncle Niu clapped his hands, returned to the fire and sat down to grill meat. Pan Chengfeng raised his limbs to the sky, took a few breaths, and said with some guilt: "I'm sorry, Master." Although he guessed that he had caused trouble, he was not sure about the details, so it was definitely right to apologize first.

After beating up Pan Chengfeng, Uncle Niu calmed down. He pointed to his side and asked Pan Chengfeng to come over. Pan Chengfeng was a little scared, but he still went over and sat down. Uncle Niu sighed and said, "Tell me, what did you do in the county? Tell me everything." Pan Chengfeng didn't dare to hide anything this time and told him everything. When Uncle Niu heard the reaction of County Magistrate Wu when he saw Pan Chengfeng, he knew that the flaw was the dagger. Uncle Niu thought to himself, "I should have told him about the dagger earlier. It's my own fault for being negligent. This kid handled the whole process very well, but he didn't know that the dagger was a symbol of his status." The military generals were careless and not careful, but how could those civil servants who were good at playing tricks not recognize items with royal emblems?

After listening to Pan Chengfeng's story, Uncle Niu was silent for a while and said, "My identity should be exposed. The dagger has the royal emblem, and every prince born has an identical one. Now the Emperor of the Great Zhou has sent people to find me and has found Panjia Village." Then he briefly talked about the current situation of Panjia Village. Finally, Uncle Niu said, "I can't wander around with Huilian and Niu'er. Sooner or later, I will go to meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou. I originally wanted to wait until you reached the third level of body refining before leaving, but now it seems that I have to go earlier, and I also want to find your master."

Pan Chengfeng felt guilty. When he heard that his master was leaving, he tensed up: "Master, are you leaving?" Although he had thought that his master might go to his master's grandfather, he didn't expect it to be so soon, and it was his own fault. Uncle Niu saw Pan Chengfeng's self-blaming face, and suddenly he was not so angry anymore. He smiled and said, "If I leave, no one will care about you finding a wife, right? Wouldn't you be happier?" Pan Chengfeng's eyes turned red. In the past few years, his master has been secretly protecting him and accompanying him through the most difficult starting stage. Now they are suddenly separated, Pan Chengfeng feels very uncomfortable.

Uncle Niu touched Pan Chengfeng's head and said, "An eagle will always soar into the sky one day, and you can't grow up under my wings forever. You don't have to blame yourself. I had decided to go find your master, but I just went a little earlier. After I leave, you continue to practice here, and you can leave Panjia Village after you reach the third level of body refining. In this way, you will have some self-protection power." After that, Uncle Niu took out a book and a jade pendant from his arms, handed them to Pan Chengfeng, and said, "This is the body refining technique of our sect. The 'Hunyuan Body Refining Technique' was written by Tiandao himself. You must practice well and keep the technique well. The jade pendant is the token of the head of our sect. Your master gave it to me, and I give it to you now. I hope you can carry forward the body refining technique of our sect."

After saying that, Uncle Niu stood up and walked out, and finally added: "I am very satisfied to have you as my apprentice. Please help me take good care of them." After saying that, he left the cave. Pan Chengfeng did not try to keep him, because he knew that Uncle Niu had made this decision two years ago. It was just that he had just accepted him as his apprentice at that time, and in order to train him, he delayed for two more years. However, Pan Chengfeng still blamed himself very much and slapped himself a few times: "I told you to be wild! I told you to be wild! We agreed to grow slowly! Now my master has to take risks early! If I had waited two more years, maybe I could have helped!"

In Panjia Village, Uncle Niu returned home, hugged his wife and said, "Hui Lian, it's time for me to go. I leave Niu'er to you. It is my blessing, Zhou Shihao, to meet you and your son in this life." Pan Hui Lian seemed to have been prepared. She said with tears in her eyes, "Boss, I just ask if you will come back to find us mother and son?" Uncle Niu touched his wife's temples and said firmly, "Yes, I will definitely come back to find you." He added in his heart, "As long as I'm alive." He let go of his wife, kissed Niu'er on the forehead, picked up the spear and bag, walked to the door, paused for a while, and finally took the most difficult step.

The guard on duty at the entrance of the village saw someone walking straight towards them, and he became alert and shouted, "Who is it? Go back quickly, you can't leave the village now." Uncle Niu said directly, "Look for your leader, I am the one you are looking for!"

In Li County, the Third Prince was preparing his men to capture the Fifteenth Prince tomorrow. He was now basically certain that the big man must be the Fifteenth Prince he had been thinking about day and night. Prefect Lu and County Magistrate Wu were also running around diligently, fearing that they would miss this last chance to make amends.

Before the staff was ready, someone came to report: "Your Highness, the guards of Panjia Village said that there is a person who claims to be the one Your Highness is looking for, and he is already waiting outside the door." The third prince was excited and said hurriedly: "Hurry up and let them in!" After a while, Uncle Niu came in front of the third prince under the 'escort' of two guards. The third prince only took a glance and was sure that this person was his fifteenth brother. The blood connection was really not just talk. The third prince excitedly stepped forward, and regardless of the guards' obstruction, he directly grabbed Uncle Niu's arms and shouted: "Fifteenth brother! Third brother finally found you. Where have you been all these years?"

Uncle Niu saw that his third brother was indeed showing some genuine emotions, and he sighed with rare emotion: "After my mother died, I was disheartened and planned to travel the world. It has been almost 30 years since I left. Is my father in good health?" The third prince's eyes seemed to be a little moist, and he nodded: "Yes, my father is in his prime and has always been in good health, but he has been overworked."

The two brothers collected their thoughts, and the third prince suddenly looked serious and said, "You old fifteen! You left without saying a word, and made everyone worry for so many years! Let's see how father punishes you this time! Come back with me tomorrow and confess your crime to father!" Unexpectedly, Uncle Niu suddenly said coldly, "I want to go to worship mother first!" The third prince thought he had heard it wrong, and asked in confusion, "What did you say?" Uncle Niu's tone did not change, "I said I want to go back to worship mother first!" The third prince suddenly slapped the table and stood up, saying loudly, "King and minister, father and son! How can you go to worship Defei first after leaving home for many years!" Then he slowed down his tone, "Listen to your brother's advice, go to see father first, and then go to worship Defei." The third prince sighed, "Although father didn't say it all these years, he still owes Defei and you. Otherwise, he wouldn't let me run so far to find you as soon as he got the news."

Uncle Niu was unmoved and insisted, "If you don't let me worship my mother first, I won't go back." He turned around and left. As soon as Uncle Niu turned around, four people wearing purple and black tights suddenly appeared around him. Uncle Niu took a look and said, "Three Jindan and one Yuanying." The third prince was also shocked: "Father's shadow guard?" The leading Yuanying cultivator said, "Please think twice, Fifteenth Prince, and follow the third prince back to see His Majesty." Uncle Niu suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that father really misses me and actually sent so many cultivators to find me... What a pity." As soon as the leading Yuanying cultivator heard the word "what a pity", he felt a figure flashing in front of him, and a pair of giant hands had already grasped his neck and slowly lifted him up. This scene was exactly the same as when Pan Chengfeng grabbed Sun Erleng, as if all body cultivators liked to grab people's necks.

The cultivator in Uncle Niu's hand struggled desperately, but he just couldn't muster up the magic power to fight back, as if those hands had cut off the connection between his brain and body. The Third Prince was shocked. He didn't expect that Old Fifteen would start fighting as soon as he said so. However, when he saw that the Nascent Soul cultivator seemed to be dying, he hurriedly shouted, "Fifteenth Brother, please show mercy. This is Father's shadow guard!" Uncle Niu didn't really want to kill this cultivator. Seeing that it was almost time, he let the Nascent Soul cultivator go. As soon as the Nascent Soul cultivator left Uncle Niu's palm, he immediately flew up and shouted, "He is a high-level body cultivator! Stay away from him!" Several Golden Core cultivators also quickly followed and flew up.

The Third Prince frowned and said, "You were sent by my father to protect me, right? I'm not in danger now, what are you doing here?" The Yuanying cultivator had benefited from Zhao Quan and wanted to bring back the fifteenth prince. Seeing that Uncle Niu was about to leave, he showed up in a hurry to stop Uncle Niu. Unexpectedly, he suffered a loss. The Yuanying cultivator said, "Your Highness, if the fifteenth prince leaves, your job will be ruined." The Third Prince said lightly, "That is also my job. Your job is just to protect me." The Yuanying cultivator was speechless for a moment. The Third Prince didn't want to embarrass him too much, so he said, "You can withdraw. We brothers can solve our own problems. You just need to protect me." The Yuanying cultivator wanted to say something, but the Third Prince had already walked to Uncle Niu and said, "I haven't seen you for so many years. Even if you really want to leave, it doesn't matter if you spend one more day. Brother has come all the way here. Can you sit with me?"

Uncle Niu saw that the Third Prince seemed to be really unaware of the Shadow Guards, so he didn't care much about it. After thinking for a while, he nodded. The Third Prince smiled and said, "Let's go to the backyard. You guys, go find some good wine and let's have a few drinks together."