Chapter 26: Establishing Ambition and Making a Name

  Wang Qi knocked open the door, panting and furious: "Big Brother... Second Brother, Third Brother, they... are simply too much!"

  He gasped three or four times before finishing his sentence, and Xu Kong was so anxious that he thought he had asthma.

  Upon hearing Wang Qi say this, Xuan Kong smiled and let Wang Qi sit down: "Their temperaments have always been like that, why bother being so calculating with them?" Xuan Kong instructed Wang Qi that if he really couldn't stand Second Master and Third Master, then he might as well move over to live with him in the back mountain.

  Wang Qi resentfully said: "Those two are also too bullying, early in the morning they were already manipulating things in front of Master to make you go down the mountain."

  Xuan Kong's heart was filled with joy, and he laughed: "What bad news is this? I think it's a great joyous occasion!" He had been in this world for nearly twenty years, and apart from befriending some mountain deities in the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, his farthest journey had only taken him to the small town at the foot of the mountain.

  In the past, he had not yet completed his Taoist training, and Lao Da Zhang was just making excuses that this world is not so peaceful, fearing that he would lose his life in vain, so Xuan Kong endured his temper and stayed on the mountain. Now it's been a long time since he got anxious, finally getting Lao Da Zhang's token of permission was naturally a great joy.

  Wang Qi was stunned and found that his senior brother's view was different from his own. He explained, "The master asked me to come and inform you, and immediately go down the mountain."

  Xuan Kong was taken aback, and asked: "What's the hurry?" He tidied himself up, put away his household items with a flick of his sleeve, stood up and said: "Alright then, let's go bid farewell to Master now, and I'll set off down the mountain to roam the world!"

  He was very excited, but saw Wang Qi sitting silently.

  Xuan Kong raised an eyebrow and said, "What's with this expression of yours? Are you afraid that if one person is left on the mountain, they'll be bullied by Old Two and Old Three?" He still thought it was because Wang Qi had been getting close to him these past few days, and was worried that if he left the mountain, Wang Qi would lose his backing in the sect.

  Wang Qi puffed out his chest and said, "What is Big Brother Master saying? I've already made up my mind. This time, I'm going to go down the mountain with Big Brother Master to travel in the clouds. The masters have all agreed!"

  Xuan Kong dazedly said: "You also want to go down the mountain with me?"

  He remembered that in the original book of "Liao Zhai", Wang Qi also learned a wall-penetrating technique on the mountain, but soon gave up due to the hardship of practicing and went down the mountain. Who would have thought that this life he came to this world, turning the whole story around.

  Wang Qiuxiu's cultivation was quite arduous, and he even restored the art of wall-penetrating to its original appearance, which can be considered as having learned the ability to penetrate walls and escape through the earth.

  Xuán Kōng grunted in response, not taking it to heart. Since Wang Qi was also following Master's orders, it wouldn't be much trouble for him to bring one more person along. He would take Wang Qi to bid farewell to the old Daoist master, then head down the mountain.

  But Wang Qi was unwilling, and stammered: "The master said that you committed the serious crime of colluding with evil people and offending fellow Taoists at the foot of the mountain. This time when you go down the mountain, don't bother to see him, he doesn't want to see you either."

  Xuan Kong shouted: "Ah!" At that moment, he only felt his hands and feet were cold, his heart was racing up and down, and he shed tears saying: "It's my fault, I did something wrong and provoked Master to anger." He had been following Yi Mei Dao Chang for many years, learning the Tao from him, and had long regarded the old master as both a teacher and a father.

  Unexpectedly, in these twenty years, it's my first time going down the mountain, but Master actually didn't even want to see me for the last time.

  Xuan Kong's mind was in a mess for a moment, and he didn't even know what Wang Qi said. He just walked a few steps in the thatched hut like a zombie. The joy in his chest, which had originally come from breaking through the power of Yuanshen and being able to make a name for himself by going down the mountain, had also disappeared without a trace.

  Wang Qi saw that Xuan Kong's face was not right, and hastily pulled him back onto the chair. He said indignantly: "Big Brother Master, it's all because of Second Brother and his gang framing you for being infatuated with Yun Lian County Princess's beauty, so they deliberately offended Denglai Sect's Elder Dengli."

  He described the Cloud Basket County Master's appearance as a flower in the moon, but unexpectedly it was used by his second brother and others to frame him, falsely accusing Xu Kong of colluding with evil people and thus offending the elder of the Cuiyun Sect.

  Wang Qi was also anxious in his heart. It wasn't until now that he knew what position the elder of the Kongtong Sect held in the cultivation world.

  He didn't know that Xuan Kong was a sentimental and emotional person. When he heard the old Daozhang mention the slanderous words of his two Shixiong, his anger suddenly surged to his head. He stretched out his hand and summoned his own treasure sword, and fiercely asked Wang Qi: "Where are those two oily-mouthed and slippery-tongued little people? I, I hate them so much..."

  Can't say anything more, yet can't help but want to say something.

  Xuan Kong threw his sword out of the house and said, "Master has treated me with great kindness, but now I've made him angry. It's simply shameful for me to show my face again." He thought about how his two senior brothers had been speaking ill of him in front of Master every day, which he hadn't noticed before, but now realized was wrong and couldn't be undone.

  At this moment, he felt a darkness in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood.

  It was originally at the critical point of Yuanshen's breakthrough, and the breath in his body was unstable. Xuan Kong's standing body was shaking and almost fell down.

  Wang Qi saw that the Great Master suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and was shocked for a moment. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Xuan Kong and said, "Great Master, why must you blame yourself? It's all because of the Second Master and Third Master who were chattering in front of our Master. If not, I would go with Great Master now to see our Master and confront them face-to-face!"

  He slapped himself twice, scowling: "It's also my fault, showing off in front of Master, just saying that Eldest Brother subdued the female corpse and enraged Deng Lizhen would have been enough, but no, I had to spout nonsense and got Eldest Brother dragged into this mess."

  Xuan Kong grasped Wang Qi's hand and said in a hoarse voice, "It's none of your business. I indeed offended Deng Li Zi, so Master getting angry is justified."

  Wang Qi looked at Xuan Kong and regained his composure, carefully asking: "So, Big Brother Master, are we still going down the mountain?"

  Xuan Kong gazed out at the towering peak beyond the window frame, gritted his teeth and said: "We're going down the mountain. Let's go!" He also had an idea in mind, knowing that the old Daoist master had always wanted to see the Luoshan Sect flourish. As long as he could come up with a plan to make a name for himself at the foot of the mountain, he would have something to say when he returned to apologize to the old Daoist master.

  "Which direction shall we go?" asked Wang Qi.

  Xuán Kōng's eyes stared blankly at the towering peak, although he couldn't see the Upper Clear Temple, but his mind was elsewhere. It wasn't until Wang Qi asked him twice that he came back to himself, originally intending to search for the Lanruo Temple, but now his thoughts were scattered and he didn't know where they had gone.

  I just feel that although the world is vast, there is no place for me to settle down. At this moment, I turned to you and said: "Where do you think we should go?"

  This remark left Wang Qi speechless, he had not expected his senior brother to leave the decision to him. He thought for a moment with his head tilted, but his homesick thoughts still prevailed, and he plucked up the courage to say: "My junior brother's hometown is in Ninghai County on the coast of Beihai, my family also has several mu of thin fields and several households of tenants, if senior brother doesn't mind, why not come to my home for a short stay, it will be good to relax."

  "Your home?" Xuan Kong's eyebrows rose, and he thought of an old acquaintance in Beihai. Originally, he didn't want to disturb him, but since his mood was bad now, going to see an old friend would be a good way to adjust his emotions. So, he decided: "Then we'll go to your home, by the shore of Beihai!" Scan the QR code below to participate in the popular quiz and win big prizes! Click on the "+" sign at the top right corner of WeChat, select "Add Friend", search for the public account "qdread" to join! Various grand prizes are waiting for you to grab!