Zhu Yuanzhang, who commanded the wind and rain, lived a long and arduous life.

Zhu Changye was unsure whether Wangya Mountain was a place of yin energy.

However, as the City God, he enjoys the incense offerings from the world. If he didn't see this, that's fine. But if he knew about it and still turned a blind eye, he would be too unworthy of the world's worship.

"We should go and take a look, to avoid harming anyone."

Zhu Changye chuckled.

Instead of going there, he returned to the backyard and found Zhu Xiong Ying.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Zhu Xiong Ying is confused.

He was still meditating and cultivating when his master woke him up.

"You've always wanted to see other cultivators, haven't you? Today, your master will take you to see them."

Zhu Changye then revealed his purpose.

Zhu Xiong Ying was slightly taken aback, then his eyes widened: "This... Master, is this really true?"

He was excited and longed for it.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, I have been doing everything alone, which inevitably makes me feel a bit lonely. How wonderful it would be to find some like-minded companions.

Zhu Xiong Ying's mindset is also human nature.

Humans are social animals, and the loneliness they feel when suddenly left alone is enough to destroy most people.

This is human nature, it is innate.

Zhu Changye thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it is not human, but it is most likely that it has some cultivation."

Zhu Xiong Ying replied without hesitation: "I'll go, I'll go!!"

Zhu Changye laughed and said, "Alright, look how anxious you are. But before we go, let's go find Gao Chi first. He's even more eager than you to see the other cultivators."

"This is a rare opportunity, we can't let him miss it, otherwise he'll be longing for it for a long time to come."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiong Ying nodded emphatically.

After a quick meal, he and Zhu Changye went to find Zhu Gaochi. All the way there, his heart was filled with excitement, an overwhelming sense of excitement.

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At the foot of Wangya Mountain.

A group of Taoist priests were resting.

They wore white Taoist robes, which were different from those of Longhu Mountain, but their Taoist reputation was no less than that of Longhu Mountain.

They came from Wudang Mountain.

The Wudang Mountain where that Master Zhang of Wudang resides.

A few days ago, this group of Taoist priests were summoned together.

They were told to go to Wangya Mountain, a mountain village, where several Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain had happened to pass by and then disappeared.

Three Taoist priests have lost contact, which has attracted the attention of Wudang Mountain. They have dispatched Zhang Cuishan, one of the Seven Heroes of Wudang, to lead a team to investigate the situation.

However, Zhang Cuishan was in Wudang Mountain, so it would take him some time to get here. Before he arrived, a Taoist priest from nearby Wudang Mountain had already arrived at Wangya Mountain ahead of him to warn passersby not to enter the mountain, and had also investigated information about Wangya Mountain in advance.

"Have you found any civilians nearby?" Zhang Cuishan asked as he arrived at the foot of Wangya Mountain and met the first group of Taoists who had arrived.

"No, we don't know yet, because the Yin energy place that appeared this time is very special, like a fake Yin energy place."

One of the Taoist priests spoke up.

There have been instances of places having a strong yin energy, but this does not necessarily mean that the place is a place with strong yin energy. It may be temporary and an illusion. Such a situation is called a place with false yin energy.

However, even a place with fake Yin energy is enough to give ordinary people a hard time.

People often talk about dreaming of ghosts or being trapped in a maze, but why has this continued for thousands of years?

If there were no reason for it, how could it have been passed down for thousands of years?

Not only that.

Even in later generations, there were still many places where Taoist priests exorcised ghosts, but ordinary people could not see them.

Those who are richer and more powerful are more likely to believe in these things. Even Newton became obsessed with theology in his later years, simply because those in high positions know more.

This is precisely why we gradually shed the fearlessness of ignorance and develop a greater sense of awe for the world.

False places of yin energy can cause people to have unpleasant experiences such as dreaming of ghosts or having nightmares, while places of true yin energy... pose a risk of harming people.

However, true Yin energy places are very rare; only one in hundreds of false Yin energy places will appear, simply because there are still official forces in this world, namely the Underworld and the Heavenly Realm.

If there is a place with true Yin energy, they will remove it immediately. Before people can even react, everything will have returned to normal. The one that is missed becomes a one percent chance of appearing among the people.

"You arrived several days ago, and there's still no result?"

Zhang Cuishan was somewhat surprised.

When he arrived, he heard some rough intelligence.

"You must know about the three missing disciples, Senior Brother Zhang. Those three disciples are most likely dead. Apart from us, some disciples have already gone to ask the sect leader to come out of seclusion."

The first group of Taoist priests who led the group spoke again.

"Someone's dead?!"

Zhang Cuishan's expression changed.

The disciple died, the place was a fake Yin energy site... every piece of information was weighty, no wonder they had to ask the sect leader to come out of seclusion.

And their leader was none other than Zhang Sanfeng, the immortal cultivator who had embarked on the path of cultivation!

It is also the only one in the world to have this feature.

but….

That statement is not entirely accurate. Some time ago, a member of the Zhang family from Longhu Mountain made a special trip to visit us, saying that a celestial being had also emerged from their Longhu Mountain. Their attitude was simply outrageous, almost arrogant.

He almost wore his triumph on his face.

This is indeed unfortunate. Longhu Mountain is a sacred Taoist site and the foremost Taoist temple in the world, yet even Wudang Mountain next door has immortals, while Longhu Mountain has none.

How can we continue to live up to the reputation of being the head of the Taoist temple?

So when an immortal was born, they shared in the glory. The entire Longhu Mountain felt proud and could walk with their heads held high when they met disciples from other Taoist temples.

However, this matter...

Zhang Cuishan didn't take it to heart. He thought...maybe it was just people from Longhu Mountain talking nonsense.

There's a legend about a hermit from Longhu Mountain, but that's just talk; no one has actually seen him.

Before Zhang Sanfeng embarked on the path of cultivation, he was already famous throughout the world. Who among the Taoists in the world did not know Zhang Sanfeng?

But what about the immortals of Longhu Mountain?

I've never heard of him before.

It was the Zhang family from Longhu Mountain who said that the immortal in their mountain was named Zhu Changye, and that's how this name came into the sight and ears of many people.

This person seemed to appear out of nowhere. Or rather, his name seemed to appear out of nowhere, since we haven't even seen him yet.

Zhang Cuishan was not convinced.

It must be that Longhu Mountain believes that Wudang Mountain has produced immortals, but they, as a Taoist court, have not produced any in recent years, so they have fabricated a huge lie.

This was Zhang Cuishan's inner thought, and also the thought of most Taoists.

Just then, a woman walked over.

"Cuishan, we'll be all here once we're missing Ah Cheng."

The woman, Yin Susu, spoke.

She came from the Eagle Sect and was traveling with Zhang Cuishan. She just happened to be passing by and wanted to join in the fun and see how Taoists dealt with such strange events.

"Ah."

Zhang Cuishan nodded to her, and then talked with the first group of Taoist priests in charge to learn about the situation.

Just then, the last Taoist priest arrived in a hurry.

He came panting heavily, so he must have run all the way.

Zhang Cuishan glanced at him, then shouted: "Let's go into the mountains!"

He is the overall leader of this trip.

His will and his orders became their objective.

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Zhang Cuishan led a group of Taoist priests into the mountain, and things went very smoothly at first, which was to be expected.

It would be daytime after all. If they could still see the evil spirits they imagined during the day, then the stories of ghosts and monsters would not be few and far between; almost everyone in the world would know about them.

An hour later.

Zhang Cuishan and his group arrived at the mountainside of Wangyashan and saw some houses.

At the entrance of the village, a closer look reveals people sitting in front of their homes washing clothes.

When Zhang Cuishan and his group entered the village, the woman who was washing clothes looked up at them curiously. Then, feeling their gazes, she smiled politely.

"The density of Yin energy hasn't changed, so it can be confirmed that this is a false Yin energy location..."

An experienced Taoist priest said.

The deeper one goes into a place of Yin energy, the heavier the Yin energy becomes. In the central area, the Yin energy is the heaviest. However, after walking for a while, they found that the concentration of Yin energy has remained at a calm level. This is not the case for a place of Yin energy, so it can be ruled out that it is a place of Yin energy.

Since the possibility of a place with yin energy has been ruled out, then it must be the work of ghosts and monsters.

Zhang Cuishan nodded, he had also noticed this, and his gaze fell on the woman washing clothes: "She seems to have been tainted by yin energy."

"Continue the investigation, uncover the secret behind the disappearances, find the 'source' of all this as soon as possible, deal with it properly, and then evacuate the villagers. Otherwise, in a little while, dozens of people in this village will die."

Zhang Cuishan frowned deeply. If the yin energy entered his body for too long, he would die.

At the same time, he was also wondering what grudge this ghost held that it would harm dozens of people in the village.

Generally, evil spirits and wronged ghosts harm people by targeting their own enemies or, at most, their own family members. But if it escalates to dozens of people, then... it becomes very serious.

Zhang Cuishan once heard Master Zhang casually say that if such a ghost existed, the underworld officials would beat it to a pulp.

There are laws in the human world, and there are laws in the ghost world as well. And this kind of ghost that harms people has already committed a capital offense in the ghost world.

"call…."

Zhang Cuishan let out a breath and stopped thinking about it.

Then he walked toward the woman.

“Young lady, may I ask… do you know where the Taoist priests who came here these past few days have gone? The ones dressed like us.”

"A Taoist priest? Have Taoist priests been coming over these past few days?" The woman looked at Zhang Cuishan in astonishment upon hearing this.

These words stunned Zhang Cuishan and the others.

Did the disciples who came to Wangya Mountain disappear and lose contact before even entering the village?

Zhang Cuishan frowned and looked at Yin Susu and the others.

"As I walked along, I... didn't notice anything amiss."

Zhang Cuishan spoke up, also puzzled: if nothing had happened on the way, how did those three disciples disappear?

Yin Susu and the others nodded, indicating that they were in the same situation as Zhang Cuishan.

Zhang Cuishan took a deep breath, looked at the woman again, and smiled, "Young lady, let me ask you something. Have you seen anyone with a very noticeable white beard these past few days?"

The person being questioned was the most distinctive of the three missing disciples, a disciple that an ordinary person could remember for days.

"I haven't seen him." The woman shook her head, then looked at a tall, thin middle-aged man who came out of the opposite house: "Fuming, have you seen any Taoist priests come to our village these past few days?"

"What's wrong?" The man named Fuming walked over from the other side and looked at Zhang Cuishan and his group: "Are you dressed like them?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, have you seen it before?"

Fu Ming shook his head: "I haven't seen it. No one has come to the village these past few days. If you're asking about something from a long time ago, I can't remember."

Zhang Cuishan's expression changed.

Did the three disciples who went missing disappear before entering the village?