Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

When he slapped her, Hong Yin didn't react at all.

Zhou Sheng was stunned for a moment. If it were before, Hong Yin would have jumped up and started cursing loudly because of the force of that slap. Why was she not moving at all this time?

He turned to look at Xiao Fang beside him and found that his expression was exactly the same as Hong Yin's.

Something's not right... A sudden chill ran through him, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

"Xiao Fang, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Sheng walked over and nudged Xiao Fang.

Xiao Fang showed no reaction, still staring intently at the Qimen Dunjia scroll hanging in front of him, as if his mind was completely absorbed in it.

"No...this isn't right..."

Zhou Sheng muttered to himself, but he wasn't too panicked. After all, before teaching them the Heavenly Connection Strange Method, he had gone to the inner realm to divine that these guys were all destined to live to be a hundred years old and it was unlikely that they would perish here.

Immediately afterwards, he went to check on Xiao Lu.

Compared to Hongyin and Xiaofang, Xiaolu's problem seemed more serious. The pupil of one eye was moving upwards and the pupil of the other eye was moving downwards. His whole face was crooked, like someone with dementia. He was also muttering something incoherently.

"Holy crap, Xiao Lu, what's wrong with you?"

He quickly went over and nudged Xiao Lu's head.

Xiao Lu tilted his head slightly, then quickly straightened it again, his eyes still fixed on the Qimen scroll, his mouth still muttering incoherently.

This time, being closer, Zhou Sheng could clearly hear what Xiao Lu was repeatedly muttering.

"He was born to govern the entire universe, encompassing all its changes, and thus became king..."

"Innately governs the entire celestial sphere, encompassing all its changes..."

This is the general outline of Tian Tong Qi Men, which he just taught them.

"Something really has gone wrong. What exactly happened?"

Zhou Sheng was somewhat bewildered. He had considered that his junior brothers might not be able to learn it, and he had also considered that his junior brothers might practice incorrect Qi and suffer from qi deviation during cultivation, but he had never expected this situation.

"This hasn't even been formally taught yet."

Looking at Xiao Lu's condition, he wondered if covering their eyes so they couldn't see the Qimen Dunjia scroll would make them wake up.

He immediately did just that, reaching out to cover Xiao Lu's eyes.

Unexpectedly, this act of covering up caused a problem.

Just moments before, Xiao Lu had been staring blankly at the scroll, but suddenly his face contorted into a ferocious expression, his mouth agape, and he roared to the sky.

"Ah ah ah..."

This startled Zhou Sheng, who instinctively took several steps back, looking at Xiao Lu with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Then they saw Xiao Lu finish his roar, forcefully push off with both feet, unleashing his Tai Chi power. Dust billowed from his feet, and he soared into the air, shouting:

"Innately governs the entire celestial sphere, encompassing all its changes..."

He leaped nimbly across the cave walls, each leap leaving a large crater in the rock face.

With a series of crackling sounds, pebbles kept falling from all around. Zhou Sheng stood below, his gaze following Xiao Lu's figure. He didn't understand what was going on with Xiao Lu, or what he was planning to do.

Xiao Lu scaled the cave walls, seemingly pinpointing a location. He stopped leaping, landed on a single-leg stance, and shouted as he stepped onto a specific point:

"Turn me into king!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a new landscape unfolded beneath his feet.

"Qimen..."

Zhou Sheng stared at the layout beneath Xiao Lu's feet.

This layout was established with Xiao Lu as the central palace; it is not a typical Qimen Dunjia formation.

Now, besides Zhuge Village's Wuhou Qimen, the only other method that uses itself as the central palace is Senior Brother Zhang's Tiantong Qimen.

This kid is improving fast, he mastered it in no time, but something's not right about his form... He shouted, "Stop, stop now, next!"

Xiao Lu slowly turned around, his pupils still moving up and down strangely. Upon seeing Zhou Sheng, he didn't say a word, but waved his hand, and the surrounding rocks flew up and crashed down towards Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng dodged and shouted, "What are you doing? I'm your senior brother!!"

"Senior brother? Is that so? You demon, have you transformed into your appearance this time?"

"You can't fool me!!"

He shouted: "Kun character, Earth River Chariot!"

With the blessing of Qimen, the power of the Earth River Chariot increased exponentially. The ground shattered, the earth rolled, and a dense forest of swords, spears, and halberds rose up, stabbing towards Zhou Sheng, Hong Yin, and Xiao Fang.

"What does this mean? Where did this demon come from? Has it gone mad from its cultivation?"

Ignoring his shock, Zhou Sheng unleashed black energy from his hands, gathering Hong Yin and Xiao Fang on either side to dodge the earth spikes falling from the sky.

"Little Lu, it's me! I'm your senior brother Zhou Sheng. Take a good look at me!"

Zhou Sheng did not immediately use Qimen to counterattack. Instead, he dodged while shouting. He wanted to try to wake up Xiao Lu and also wanted to see how good Xiao Lu's Qimen was.

"Don't even think about impersonating my senior brother! I'll make you reveal your true forms, Earth River Chariot!"

Xiao Lu used his magic again, and the surrounding mountain walls collapsed, sending rocks tumbling down.

"That bastard, he actually dared to show off his esoteric skills in front of me."

Zhou Sheng cursed loudly, circling and dodging among the waves, like a petrel navigating through a raging storm.

But at this moment, because they were interrupted from viewing the Qimen Dunjia scroll, Hongyin and Xiaofang also went berserk and each activated their own Qimen Dunjia.

"Senior brother, you died a terrible death! You audacious demons, how dare you kill my senior brother! I will tear you to pieces!" Hong Yin suddenly shouted, "Zhen - Thunder!"

A blinding white lightning bolt hurtled toward Zhou Sheng and Xiao Lu Yao.

Zhou Sheng: "…………"

When did your grandfather die?
It was clearly the two of you who wanted to kill me!
"Demons and monsters, get out of here!" Xiao Fang shouted as well: "Leave the word, Crimson Serpent!"

A huge flame transformed into a fire serpent, opened its mouth wide, and spat out venomous fangs, lunging at Zhou Sheng.

The three attacked each other, creating a chaotic mess. Zhou Sheng was at his wit's end and had no choice but to activate his own Qimen technique and use the Chaotic Golden Clapper to immobilize the three of them.

Although he taught the three the Heavenly Connection Qimen, this technique is very complex and cannot be learned in just a few days. For example, they do not yet know key abilities such as the Chaotic Golden Tuo, so Zhou Sheng was able to easily subdue them.

"What's going on? Why is this happening?"

Looking at his three junior brothers who were immobilized by the chaotic golden clapper, Zhou Shengwei recalled Senior Brother Zhang's warning.

Did Senior Brother Zhang foresee this happening, which is why he warned me not to spread it?

At this moment, Zhou Sheng felt a pang of regret.

But there's no turning back now that things have come to this, so we can only try to find a solution.

"They seem to be under some kind of illusion, which is why they think I'm a demon. Let's try the Purifying Heart Mantra to see if it can wake them up!" Zhou Sheng thought to himself. Then, he walked up to Hong Yin and released her from the Chaotic Golden Tuan.

The Chaotic Golden Tuo is not a simple immobilization technique; it is a technique for controlling time, that is, controlling change.

Being hit by the chaotic golden clapper is equivalent to being detached from the current changes.

Although he and Hong Yin appeared very close, even within reach, they were in different states of change.

Therefore, unless the chaotic metal clapper on Hong Yin's body is removed, he cannot affect him unless he uses the tortoise-fly body technique to bring himself into the situation Hong Yin is in.

In fact, Zhou Sheng also possessed the ability of the Tortoise-Fly Body, but the cost of using it was too high, making it not worth the effort.

He removed the chaotic golden clapper from Hong Yin's body, rotated the four discs, and adjusted Hong Yin to a position that countered his power, weakening his abilities to the maximum extent and rendering his lightning ineffective.

Then, he used the Xun character - Wood Binding. Among the eight trigrams and five symbols, wind and thunder belong to wood, and both the Xun and Zhen characters can be used to perform wood-attribute spells.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Wooden branches emerged from Zhou Sheng's body and bound Hong Yin tightly.

Immediately afterwards, he followed suit and trapped his two other junior brothers as well, lining them up in a row.

He sat cross-legged opposite them and began to circulate his Qi to cast the Purification Mantra.

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On Mount Wudang, the ascension ceremony of the old sect leader and the succession ceremony of the new sect leader were combined into one, creating an unprecedented spectacle.

Upon hearing of this event, many fellow practitioners from all walks of life traveled great distances to Wudang to participate in this grand gathering.

The Wudang Taoist priests who were originally practicing seclusion on the mountain also became busy.

One group participates in the ascension ceremony, while the other group is responsible for guiding guests from afar to tour the scenic spots of Wudang.

Some of them showed little interest in the scenic spots of Wudang, or even the ascension ceremony of the Wudang sect leader.

They came all this way because they heard that Zhang Zhiwei would also be attending this grand event.

The reason for this is not because I'm a fan, but because I hope to receive guidance from this young Taoist master.

Who in the martial arts world doesn't know that the Left Master of the Sanyi Sect was able to break through to the third level of Reverse Life only after receiving a few pointers from him?
This was even admitted by the Left Gate Master himself.

If even Master Zuo has made such a great breakthrough, wouldn't they, as nobodies in the martial arts world, benefit for life from a single word of guidance from a minor celestial master?
These people gathered in front of Zhang Zhiwei's guest room to pay their respects.

At this moment, Zhang Zhiwei had already finished telling his little fans what was going on and was currently cultivating his life force with his eyes closed. He had no time to pay attention to these things.
Actually, he's not stingy with advice if someone has a past connection with him, or even if they've just met by chance. But he's not very interested in people who come to him unannounced.

Of course, even if they didn't see Zhang Zhiwei when they came to visit, they weren't annoyed and didn't have any complaints about him.

I was just complaining to myself. I thought it was a wise move to ask the little Taoist master for advice, but I didn't expect there to be so many smart people here.

If it were just one or two people, it would be fine, but with so many people coming together, it would be impossible to get any guidance. After all, with so many people, even if the young master really wanted to give pointers, it would take several days to finish.

None of those present were fools. After discussing it, the group decided that, in order to avoid offending the young Taoist master, none of them would ask him for advice.

I'll just consider this a chance to get acquainted with the young master so I can ask him for advice next time.

After agreeing on their plan, the group stopped chatting and quietly sat down to meditate with their eyes closed at Zhang Zhiwei's door.

The next morning, Zhang Zhiwei went out and was greeted by a group of young people.

Even Feng Ping and Lu Jin came over specifically to join in the fun because they heard that many people were waiting to pay their respects at Zhang Zhiwei's door.

He didn't bother to be hostile towards these people; instead, he greeted them and said:
"Everyone, let's go together to attend Master Sun's ascension ceremony!"

"Please go first, young celestial master!"

everyone said.

Zhang Zhiwei didn't stand on ceremony and walked in front, with the others following closely behind in an orderly fashion.

Upon arriving at the Golden Hall of Tianzhu Peak, the morning mist had not yet dissipated, and clouds filled the air. The bell-shaped pestle wrapped in red cloth struck the bronze bell again and again, while the sound of chanting sutras echoed from all around.

Fellow practitioners from all walks of life arrived one after another. Wudang thoughtfully reserved seats for each sect and faction to facilitate their attendance at the ceremony.

After arriving here, Zhang Zhiwei went straight to the location of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

The Celestial Master's Mansion is located in the very front and core position, next to the Maoshan Shangqing Sect and the Gezaoshan Lingbao Sect, both of which are talismanic sects. Further next to them are the Quanzhen Longmen Baiyun Temple, the Sanyi Sect, and so on.

At this moment, all the other sects' seats were occupied, but the Celestial Master's Mansion's seat was empty.

Celestial Master Zhang Jingqing is presiding over this ascension ceremony, so he is naturally not here. Zhang Zhiwei is the representative attending the ceremony.

As soon as he walked over, the senior fellow cultivators around him greeted him. They were all acquaintances, and Zhang Zhiwei naturally responded with his arms clasped.

Among the various martial arts sects, some arrived early, while others rushed to the ceremony on the day itself, such as the Lü family and the Wang family, two of the four major clans.

The Gao family was too preoccupied with the war in Northeast China to attend to this matter.

The Wang family head attended in person, accompanied by Wang Wen and Wang Wu. Wang Ai was busy expanding the Tiantong Steel Plant in Chongqing and couldn't come.

The entire Lü family was present, including the head of the Lü family, Lü Ci, and Lü Ren.

The appearance of Lü Ci and Lü Ren together naturally sparked discussions about the two outstanding members of the Lü family.

Previously, the reputation of the two Lu brothers was very well-known in the martial arts world.

In recent years, however, Lü Ci has lived in Longhu Mountain for most of the year, rarely staying at the Lü family home, and even less often going out with his brother Lü Ren.

Therefore, the two Lu family heroes are being discussed less and less in the martial arts world.

It's quite rare to see the two Lu family members appear together this time.

After the Wang and Lü families arrived, the two family heads greeted the group of martial arts practitioners and then went to the area of ​​the Celestial Master's Mansion to exchange pleasantries with Zhang Zhiwei.

Afterwards, everyone returned to their respective areas and sat down, waiting for the ascension ceremony to begin.

But at this moment, some sharp-eyed people noticed that Lu Ci, the second of the two Lu family treasures, did not return to the Lu family's area, but stayed in the area of ​​the Celestial Master's Mansion and sat next to Zhang Zhiwei.

A group of people were talking about it.

"What do you mean? Does this mean that Lü Ci of the Lü family is going to become an apprentice of the Celestial Master's Mansion?"

"It's very likely that Lü Ci hasn't spent much time at the Lü family in recent years. It's said that he's been hoeing the fields in Longhu Mountain."

"Why would a perfectly good young master of the Lü family give up his job to hoe the fields at Longhu Mountain?"

"That goes without saying, it's naturally for the Little Celestial Master."

"If that's the case, if I were to follow his example and go to Longhu Mountain to hoe the fields, would I also be able to receive guidance from the Little Celestial Master?"

"That's hard to say. If you're interested, you can give it a try."

"Let's give it a try. The cost isn't high. After this ascension ceremony, I'll follow the example of the two Lu brothers and go to Longhu Mountain to hoe the fields."

"Hey, look, there's a little dwarf with huge ears going to the Celestial Master's area." (End of Chapter)