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

"Old Taoist priest, let's go!"

The woman in yellow waved to Zhang Zhengdao, then leaped into the air with a light touch of her toes, disappearing from sight in a few bounds.

Zhang Zhengdao looked up at the sky. In the early morning light, white mist swirled among the trees, creating a scene resembling a fairyland.

"gone!"

Hu Yunying handed Zhang Zhengdao a piece of cake.

Zhang Zhengdao took it: "Bring some more water!"

Hu Yunying then handed over the water bag.

On the other side, Guo Lanying took the lead. She had already eaten, having eaten two pieces of bread and drunk a lot of water. Her stomach was a little bloated, so she tightened her belt.

"Actually, I'm not old at all!"

Zhang Zhengdao rode his donkey side by side with Guo Lanying, and even turned around to explain something.

"I don't think you're old!"

Guo Lanying smiled at him.

"Master, your beard has grown so long! How old are you this year?"

Hu Yunying greeted an old Taoist priest who was passing by.

Zhang Zhengdao stroked his beard, and his face darkened.

I was wrong last night; I shouldn't have gone over and struck up a conversation with the young girl. Aren't we all supposed to be tough guys? Does gender really matter that much? I was mainly drawn to the girl's outgoing and straightforward personality…

"Guyang County is just ahead!"

Hu Yunying pointed to a large mountain in front of her and said.

"After crossing this mountain, Guyang County is located at its foot. It is said that there used to be a fierce tiger in the mountain that had become a spirit. Its territory covered a radius of hundreds of miles and it devoured countless people."

Zhang Zhengdao: "Even you martial arts masters can't kill him?"

Hu Yunying: "It's just hearsay; nobody has actually seen it."

Guo Lanying: "I've actually seen it, but it might have been eaten."

Hu Yunying:...

That makes some sense, but why do you insist on going against your master?

"Although it's just a legend, even martial arts practitioners would band together and travel in groups. However... deep down, they still don't believe it. In this world, how could anything become a spirit..."

At this point, Hu Yunying suddenly stopped talking and glanced at Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao retorted angrily, "I'm not a monster, I'm a man, a Taoist priest!"

With its legs clamped together, the little donkey trotted off ahead.

Does Guyang County have a young lady surnamed Pan? Or a man who sells sesame cakes?

Guyang County wasn't originally called Guyang County; it was called Guyang County. It was only after the establishment of the new dynasty that officials changed it to Guyang for good luck.

People in the martial arts world are naturally not afraid of tigers.

Even second- or third-rate people can kill tigers with their bare hands, let alone first-rate masters, innate masters, grandmasters, and great grandmasters.

It's like playing a game.

But if a tiger becomes a spirit, then it's hard to say.

Although it's just a legend, nobody has ever actually seen it!

Zhang Zhengdao was naturally not afraid either. Hu Yunying was a Grandmaster, and Guo Lanying was a Primordial Realm cultivator, so they were naturally not afraid either.

People started going into the mountains one after another.

When Zhang Zhengdao and his two companions entered the mountain, there were scattered weapons and bloodstains by the roadside.

Looks like there's a fight going on here.

Further into the mountains, they found scattered bodies lying nearby.

Another flag lay haphazardly toppled on the roadside.

Guo Lanying, who was holding the large flag, rolled up her own flag, reached out and picked up the flag that had fallen by the roadside, waved it twice, and the flag was unfurled.

It reads: Water Moon Gate.

Hu Yunying glanced at Zhang Zhengdao: "Shuiyue Sect is a sect from the south, and they rarely operate in the martial arts world. However, they always send people to participate in the Huashan Grand Competition. The number of people is not large, about six or seven."

Conflicts in the martial world!

Zhang Zhengdao and his group continued walking forward.

They hadn't gone far when a faint smell of blood filled the air. A few dozen steps further, they saw a young woman in a white dress lying on the ground.

Guo Lanying planted the flag in the ground, ran over, squatted down to examine it, and then straightened up and shook her head at Zhang Zhengdao.

"There's more over there!"

Hu Yunying pointed ahead again.

Sure enough, there were several more corpses, all of them women in moon-white dresses.

There was also an older woman among them.

He looks like he's the leader.

Guo Lanying silently counted in her mind; there were six corpses in total.

They were all wiped out!

These are all fatal wounds.

Some had their necks pierced, some were wounded in the chest, and others had three or four bloody holes in their bodies. The middle-aged woman who was leading the group had been stabbed seven or eight times, with wounds in her chest, abdomen, back, and waist. The most fatal wound was a stab wound through her temple, which looked less like a sword and more like a round weapon…

"Judge's Pen!"

Hu Yunying glanced at the wound and gave her conclusion.

Professionals are professionals.

“They are all from the Shuiyue Sect.” Guo Lanying concluded by identifying their clothing.

"Bury it!"

Zhang Zhengdao jumped off his mount and said to Hu Yunying.

Hu Yunying nodded, looked at the area, then gathered her energy in her arms, suddenly leaped into the air, and slammed her palm down on a relatively flat area not far away.

"boom--"

Mud and rocks flew everywhere, and a section of the ground collapsed with a roar, creating a huge crater.

Guo Lanying dragged all six bodies to the edge of the pit and buried them one by one.

The two men used their palms to pile up the soil, forming a mound.

Zhang Zhengdao casually hooked his finger at a large tree by the roadside.

Big Tree: ? ? ?

The tree fell, and Zhang Zhengdao carved a plank with his bare hands. He wrote a few words on it and stuck it on the grave. It read: Grave of a disciple of the Shuiyue Sect.

Then they began chanting scriptures.

Guo Lanying watched from the side, then turned to Hu Yunying and whispered, "So it turns out that Taoist priests can perform rituals for the deceased without charging money."

Hu Yunying: "Don't judge a book by its cover."

Shuiyue Sect is not an evil sect, but rather a sect that lives in peace with the world. In matters of the martial world, Zhang Zhengdao dares not say who is right and who is wrong. Just like when Guo Lanying's family was slaughtered, it was ultimately because Guo Lanying's identity caused a power struggle.

In a power struggle, who is right and who is wrong?

Were the victims the perpetrators before they were slaughtered?

Guo Lanying may have also recalled the massacre of her entire family, and her mood remained somewhat depressed afterward.

I just made do with whatever I could find for the night.

There is no story of a tiger demon eating people.

There was a long snake that had no eyes, and when Zhang Zhengdao lay on the tree branch, it wanted to give itself a big meal. But as soon as it opened its mouth, its whole body felt like it had been massaged, so loose that it couldn't even hold onto the tree and fell down with a "thud".

Long snake: ...

The next morning, breakfast was roasted snake meat.

Hu Yunying has wilderness survival skills.

This is also a basic survival skill for people in the martial arts world. Disciples and grand-disciples of major sects must learn it and even take a test.

Roasted snake meat with a little salt, but unfortunately no chili peppers. However, it would be very fragrant with some spices.

"Old Taoist priest, it's great to see you again!"

The woman in the yellow shirt came over after smelling the aroma.

However, her yellow shirt looked rather dirty, probably because she had been fighting with someone yesterday. How could she possibly keep her clothes bright and clean while rolling and tumbling around?

Her hair was all very messy.

"Come over if you want to eat!"

Zhang Zhengdao waved.

The woman in the yellow shirt didn't stand on ceremony. She sat down, took a large piece of snake meat from Guo Lanying, and started eating it immediately, praising it as she ate.

"It's so delicious, it smells even better than what I make."

Compared to the barbecue I ate last night, this girl definitely doesn't have much of a talent for grilling meat.

"Were you abused by a monk?"

Looking at the girl's injuries, none of them were serious; they were all minor cuts and lacerations. Her clothes on her arms were torn.

"No, the monk missed it. He got into a fight with someone he didn't like on the way."

"Delicious! I'm full!"

The woman in yellow got up and bowed to Zhang Zhengdao, saying, "Um... until we meet again."

Seeing that she was walking in the opposite direction, Zhang Zhengdao asked, "You're going the wrong way!"

The woman in yellow turned to look at Zhang Zheng and said, "We didn't go the wrong way."

Before Zhang Zhengdao could say anything more, she laughed to herself, "I've been chasing after that monk all this way, but the further I chase, the further he gets. He can't live up to both the Buddha's and his love. So if I keep following him, I won't be myself anymore. If I turn back now, I can get home sooner, don't you think?"

"Too!"

The woman in the yellow shirt finally regained her senses.

"Taoist priest, where do you live?"

The woman in the yellow shirt asked with a smile.

Zhang Zhengdao was startled and immediately said, "A monk considers the whole world his home."

The woman in yellow was taken aback, then burst into laughter. Without saying anything, she got up and leaped away, disappearing from sight with another leap.

"The Innate Realm, wow, amazing!"

This is the woman's true strength.

Her lightness skill was much stronger than when she was chasing that monk, when she still had some of it left unused.

Which family can cultivate a master who reaches the Innate Realm in their teens?