A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

Who knows what the old man, one of the ten elders, experienced in that illusion just now?

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the old man strangely.

The old man actually felt ashamed.

This is outrageous!

Did I use too much force?

He then turned to look at the woman in black.

The woman in black was also frightened and quickly turned her head away from Zhang Zhengdao. She was afraid that she would also fall into the illusion like this old man and be violated by countless people.

Because that's exactly how the elders acted and the way they called out.

Just thinking about that scene made her shudder again.

Zhang Zhengdao now understands why mental attacks are more powerful than physical attacks.

Even after the physical attack, the old man remained defiant.

But after the psychological attack, the old man confessed on his own without being asked.

She told him everything Lotus had taught her. She made up things she didn't know, and just kept talking until she ran out of things to say. After repeating herself over and over, she told him about climbing the widow's wall when she was a child, and she cried as she spoke.

I regret that I took the wrong path in life.

He originally wanted to be a chivalrous knight-errant, to help the weak and oppressed, and to be the kind of person who would give candy to children and help the elderly. But after benefiting from a cult, he took a wicked step, robbing people of their money and women, destroying entire families, and even contemplating taking advantage of Nightingale… Now it's too late for regrets…

The woman in black standing next to him was dumbfounded.

Is this the dignified elder we usually see?

Is this the elder who usually speaks his mind and is decisive in killing?

……

And to say such shameful things...

I'm quite disappointed now!

Previously, thanks to his late-stage innate cultivation and his status in the sect, the woman in black dared not look him in the eye, and even her breathing became somewhat suppressed.

The idol's shrine has been shattered!

It felt like something inside me had cracked open.

The sacred doctrines of the Lotus Sect, and the image of the elders who usually spouted benevolence and morality, collapsed completely. She had thought she was doing these things for the suffering people of the world.

"shut up!"

Zhang Zhengdao couldn't bear to listen to the old man's incessant rambling about how he had killed everyone in the brothel for the sake of a woman.

A hand descended upon the old man's head.

The old man stopped abruptly as the hand loomed over him, feeling as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him. He stared blankly at Zhang Zhengdao, drool dripping from his mouth.

“Your sins are grave. If you do not wish to suffer in hell, you must do only good deeds and never do bad deeds for the rest of your life.”

To the old man, the sound was like thunder, making his head buzz.

It felt as if Maitreya Buddha, whom I once worshipped, was giving me spiritual guidance.

"Do only good deeds, never bad deeds!"

These words, delivered with a thunderous sound, permeated his entire body, to the point that only these eight words echoed repeatedly in his mind.

"Do only good deeds, never bad deeds!"

"Do only good deeds, never bad deeds!"

……

After repeating it several times, the old man immediately clapped his hands and laughed foolishly.

"Ah, I get it!"

"I got it!"

"Haha, haha, the decree of Maitreya Buddha is to only do good deeds and not bad deeds... Ah, alright, I understand..."

The old man got up and ran, clapping his hands and muttering to himself as he ran.

"Ah, I get it!"

"Do only good deeds, never bad deeds!"

……

The old man ran out of the woods, but as he ran, he stepped into a small ditch, tripped, and his hair came undone, leaving him disheveled. He clapped his hands, chuckled, and ran off on one bare foot until he disappeared from sight.

The woman in black trembled.

This is too bizarre. Compared to this, the hallucinogenic power of my own datura pollen is utterly incomparable. An elder, a late-stage Innate Realm expert, just like that…

Wasted?

Or did he become a good person?

Turning her head to look at Zhang Zhengdao who was looking at her, the woman in black immediately began to mutter, "Only do good deeds, never do bad deeds, only do good deeds, never do bad deeds..."

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

"Get up quickly!"

The woman in black said, "I...I can't get up."

My legs felt weak, and there was a strange smell about them.

If I get up like this and a man stares at me like that, wouldn't I just want to kill myself?

"Labor and capital on the Shu Road..."

The woman in black got up.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Zhang Zhengdao looked at the woman again. She wasn't particularly attractive. Just average-looking, except for her good figure. Zhang Zhengdao was somewhat disappointed.

It turns out that the female knights, thieves, and assassins in the martial arts world aren't all as beautiful as they are in novels and videos.

That's true, for pretty girls who still want to make a living, there are only a few options.

Either you'll be chosen by a top martial arts master, and whether you like it or not, they'll make you their wife or concubine. If you dare say a word against it, they'll kill your whole family.

Some women were scouted by young masters from martial arts families, lured into their homes, and became their wives or concubines.

They were either targeted by members of a demonic cult in the martial arts world and forcibly abducted. If they were lucky, they became the wives of bandits; if they were unlucky, they became playthings, causing the demons to lose their will.

Just like Qin Shouzhong, the number one green-haired master in the world and the head of the Four Greats, many people are now speculating that back then, when Bai Rong, the Jade Maiden Sword, followed Qin Shouzhong, it was because Qin Shouzhong used his martial arts to coerce her.

Zhang Zhengdao strode forward.

The woman in black followed behind.

Zhang Zhengdao stopped.

The woman in black also stopped.

Zhang Zhengdao then realized that the woman in black was following him and turned to look at her.

The woman in black shrank back and squatted down.

I was terrified.

"Stop following me!"

Zhang Zhengdao felt he no longer needed to kill this woman.

She definitely can't go back to the Lotus Sect in this state.

Not only did the mission fail, but even the elders who were online have reformed and are now "only doing good deeds and not bad deeds." If she were to stubbornly continue to join the White Lotus Sect, she would likely be doomed.

Besides, after being so frightened by Zhang Zhengdao, he was terrified and wouldn't dare to act as recklessly as before.

Anyway, this woman is ruined.

Well, mainly because she's not good-looking, too ordinary. Zhang Zhengdao didn't want such a woman with him.

Men all like beautiful women.

This applies from age eight to eighteen to eighty.

Besides, if this woman becomes attached to him, his daily expenses will increase significantly. A woman who works as an assassin doesn't have any other skills to earn money besides killing. He can't very well go back to his old ways, can he? Even if he did, this woman is beyond repair and can't do it anymore.

"Stop! If you keep following me, you'll end up hanging out with your elders, doing only good deeds and never bad ones!"

Zhang Zhengdao spoke with righteous indignation.

The woman in black nodded timidly and stood still.

Zhang Zhengdao then turned around with satisfaction and strode away.

The woman in black stood alone on the path, watching Zhang Zhengdao's figure slowly disappear into the distance until he was no longer visible.

Zhang Zhengdao didn't care what would happen to this woman in the future; in the underworld, there's always a price to pay.

The next day, Zhang Zhengdao did not go to Bailian Temple on Qiufu Mountain.

He felt the most crucial thing was to find that old monk.

There's no rush, because tonight the Chunqing Opera Troupe is performing near the City God Temple. There's also a lantern festival, which is said to be a very grand festival in Lingzhou.

Chunqing Opera Troupe!

Zhang Zhengdao had wanted to see it when he was in Linbin Town, but unfortunately, he had eaten that day and didn't get a chance to stay. The legend of Qin Fangguan alone was enough to make men flock to her.

While sitting and drinking at the tavern, everyone in the tavern was discussing Qin Fangguan's performance that evening.

I'm a fan!

So it turns out that people in ancient times were also very trendy.

There was also a fat, showy guy who started singing loudly right there in the tavern.

I must say, it was much better than Butcher Hu's singing at Sister Gui's Wine Shop. Being a city person, even his singing was better than that of the villagers.

It's not about discriminating against people from the countryside; after all, some people living in the countryside would never hear Qin Fangguan's opera even once in their entire lives.

When the fat man got into the song, some people in the tavern even clapped along and started singing along.

What a cultural atmosphere!

It's been a long time since I've felt this kind of atmosphere.

Zhang Zhengdao was very pleased; the emotional value provided by the fat man was spot on.

While enjoying the drinks, I glanced out the window.

Suddenly, an old man with disheveled hair walked past the tavern, muttering to himself.

Hiss——

This person looks familiar.

"Do only good deeds, never bad deeds!"

The old man shouted as he jumped over, gesturing wildly.