Travel through the heavens

When Jiumozhi came out of the Muni Hall, he saw the nine followers he brought with him lying all over the ground, which was obviously the work of the mysterious man. He looked up and happened to see the mysterious man entering the woods outside the Muni Hall.

Jiumozhi shouted to his followers, "Go to the place where we rested last night and wait for me."

As he spoke, his figure swayed slightly, his clothes fluttered in the wind, and he floated several feet away, then ran into the forest like a puff of smoke.

The four monks Benguan, Benxiang, Benyin and Bencan rushed out of the Muni Hall and saw Jiumozhi's back. Benguan hurriedly said, "Chase him!" The four monks immediately walked side by side and chased into the forest together.

When the four monks entered the forest, Jiumozhi disappeared in an instant. The four monks chased him for another mile, then stopped, looked at each other, nodded slightly, and returned.

As for Jiumozhi, as soon as he entered the woods, he saw the mysterious man heading north, and he was already very far away. He immediately hurried to chase after him, but the mysterious man was very fast. Jiumozhi ran at full speed, but he could not catch up with him and could only linger far behind him.

After running for more than ten miles, they came to a fork in the road. Jiumozhi followed the mysterious man to the right and ran for a few more miles. When they reached the second fork in the road, they still went right. After running for a while, they entered a valley.

Jiumozhi used his internal energy without hesitation and his speed had already reached its limit, but the mysterious man's speed was even faster than his, and the distance between them was getting farther and farther.

The two of them ran back and forth all the way, passing through the wild mountains and forests. After another stick of incense, Jiumozhi turned a corner and saw lush trees in front of him, and there was no trace of the mysterious man.

Jiumozhi refused to give up and ran forward for nearly ten miles, but still could not see the mysterious man. Finally, he stopped and looked around, not knowing where to chase him.

His trip to Dali to seek the "Six Meridians Divine Sword" was a secret, and no one knew about it except him. Even the monks of Tianlong Temple only learned about it after he submitted the book yesterday. They didn't know where the news leaked, attracting such a mysterious person.

Jiumozhi also suspected that it was the Tianlong Temple that set up this, but he came prepared this time. He had already found out the appearance and age of the famous monks and laymen of the Dali Duan family and the Tianlong Temple, and he had also figured out most of their temperaments, habits, and martial arts attainments.

He knew that in addition to Master Kuruo, there were four other masters of the "Ben" generation in Tianlong Temple, and the only master among the Dali Duan family was Emperor Baoding.

Although this mysterious man who suddenly appeared took advantage of the situation, he was obviously a top martial arts master with extremely profound internal strength, judging from the previous fights and his body speed. He was actually better than the five monks of Tianlong Temple, and even not inferior to them at all.

Jiumozhi didn't think there was such a master in Dali Kingdom, and the incident happened suddenly. They didn't have enough time to find such a top master in one day. If there really was such a master, they would not be afraid of him, so why bother to put on such a drama.

After the mysterious man stole the martial arts book, he headed north. Although it might be misleading, it was very likely that he came from the north.

Jiumozhi couldn't help but secretly groan in his heart, because of him, the sword manual of Tianlong Temple was taken away, and he made a strong enemy with Tianlong Temple. Not only did he gain nothing, his work was in vain, even the three volumes of Shaolin's 72 unique skills he brought were snatched away by a mysterious person. It was really "losing both the wife and the army".

Jiumozhi was furious, but he had no idea what to do, so he turned back and headed towards the place he had agreed to meet with his followers.

Three hours later, in the Muni Hall of Tianlong Temple, the five monks of Tianlong Temple, Duan Zhengming and Duan Yu were sitting cross-legged. Fang Muye walked in with a gray-brown package in his hand.

Seeing him come back, except Ku Rong, the other six people all showed relieved expressions and stood up to greet him.

Fang Muye opened the package in his hand, handed it to Ben Yin, and said with a smile: "Master, I have fulfilled your mission. Please keep these volumes of secret manuals."

When Ben Yin looked, he saw only six scrolls of "Six Meridians Divine Sword" and three volumes of "Flower Picking Finger", "Formless Robbery Finger" and "Dora Leaf Finger", which were among the 72 Shaolin unique skills.

It turned out that the mysterious man who suddenly appeared and stole the secret book was Fang Muye in disguise.

After he seized the secret book as planned, he deliberately led Jiumozhi to run for dozens of miles before leaving him behind. He found a place to hide and stayed there for more than two hours before returning to Tianlong Temple.

Ben Yin put his hands together and said, "These three volumes of Shaolin secret skills were obtained by Donor Fang, so Donor Fang should take them."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "I have read these three volumes of secret books. It doesn't matter whether you take them or not. Jiumozhi disturbed the peace and quiet of Tianlong Temple this time. These three volumes of secret books are an apology. Please accept them, Abbot."

Ben Yin pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, our temple will accept it. Thank you, Donor Fang."

The three monks Benguan, Benxiang and Bencan immediately thanked Fang Muye and expressed their gratitude for his kindness in preserving the treasure of Tianlong Temple.

Not long after, Fang Muye, Duan Zhengming and Duan Yu said goodbye and left, returning to Dali City.

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Fang Muye took Duan Yu to the palace to bid farewell to Duan Zhengming and set off for Shenjie Temple. Duan Zhengming escorted Fang Muye straight out of the east gate and gave Duan Yu some instructions before the two reluctantly parted.

Shenjie Temple was a thousand miles away from Dali City in the east-southeast direction. Fang Muye and Duan Yu rode their horses for several days before arriving. After resting for a night in Shenjie Temple, they set off for Suzhou with Duan Zhengchun and the four great guards Chu, Gu, Fu, and Zhu.

Along the way, the seven people were not in a hurry. They inquired along the way whether there were any evil people nearby. If there were any, they would enforce justice on their behalf and let Duan Yu use the "Northern Divine Art" to take away the other party's internal strength. If the person was seriously evil, they would even take his life.

Although he did not encounter any masters or people with high internal strength, Duan Yu's internal strength increased rapidly due to the accumulation of little by little.

In addition, Duan Yu would compete with the four major guards every day to train his ability to respond when fighting with others.

Day after day, Duan Yu's internal strength continued to accumulate and grow, and his martial arts became more and more skillful. By the time he was near Suzhou City, he had become a top-notch master comparable to the initial stage of the Great Zhoutian realm. Even Duan Zhengchun and the four great guards were no match for him.

At 4 p.m. that day, everyone finally entered Suzhou City and found an inn to settle down. Then Fang Muye went out alone, asked passers-by, and arrived at Wang's Cloth Shop, which was an industry of Mantuo Villa in Suzhou City.

When Fang Muye saw the shopkeeper, he said straight to the point, "Please ask the shopkeeper to inform Madam Wang that Fang Muye is here to fulfill his promise and ask her to meet at Xiyun Teahouse in the west of the city at noon tomorrow."

The shopkeeper had long been instructed by his wife that if a Mr. Fang came to visit, he must receive him well and follow his instructions. Now that he had finally met him, he naturally did not dare to neglect him and respectfully agreed. After seeing Fang Muye off, he immediately sent someone to report the news.

At noon on the second day, when Fang Muye and Duan Zhengchun entered Xiyun Teahouse, a young lady in green came forward, bowed to Fang Muye, and said respectfully, "This servant greets Mr. Fang. Mr. Fang, my wife has arrived and is waiting for you in the private room on the second floor. Please follow this servant."

Fang Muye recognized the woman as Li Qingluo's maid named Xiaocha. He nodded and followed her to a private room on the second floor.

Xiaocha knocked on the door gently, reported something, then pushed the door open to invite Fang Muye and Duan Zhengchun in, then closed the door from the outside and walked away.