Wu Li - Former Han's Treasure

  Yue Qing stayed in the Taihang Mountains for half a month. The Chongyang Sect was newly established, and everything was waiting to be revived. Ming Yizi had never been ambitious, so if Yue Qing didn't help him come up with ideas, it's likely that even after another hundred or eighty years, the Chongyang Sect would still only have the two of them: "Fellow Taoist, since you've taken on the mantle of the true man of Chongyang and promised to promote the Chongyang Sect, no matter how difficult the road ahead may be, you should do your best."

  Ming Yi Zi smiled bitterly: "My original sect was a single transmission, without a close Daoist partner. Moreover, my own magical powers are limited. Now that I've opened the mountain and established the teachings, it's already unavoidable to be ridiculed for being overconfident..."

  "It's too self-deprecating to say such things, Fellow Daoist!" Yue Qing's words were somewhat stern. "The cultivation you practice is the Xuanmen Orthodox Method of the Pure Yang True Person, and what you created is also the Orthodox Way of the Heavenly Immortals. To mock you is to mock the Pure Yang True Person. I ask you, which cultivator in the world dares to scorn the Pure Yang True Person?"

  Ming Yi Zi nodded repeatedly: "Brother Dao is right, after I've tidied up here a bit more, I'll go down the mountain to find some talented young people and bring them back into the mountain gate."

  "It's not just a disciple, cultivating an apprentice and teaching him to ride the flying sword takes at least two or three years of effort. What I'm most worried about is that someone will know you've obtained the Lü Zu inheritance and can't help but harbor evil intentions, coming to steal it! As the saying goes, 'many people make a strong force', a good hero still needs three helpers! Fellow Taoist must select people with good character and roots to join the sect!" Yue Qing saw Ming Yi Zi nodding in agreement, apparently acknowledging his words, and continued, "I know a loose immortal, whose Taoist name is Ke Yizi, who has a pure heart and behavior. He has been cultivating in the Mangchang Mountains for nearly two hundred years, but because he learned a side door method, he cannot participate in the heavenly immortal Tao fruit. In over ten years, he will be due to meet his doom. If you can lead him into the sect and study the Pure Yang Great Tao together with him, it will definitely be a great help in the future!"

  Ming Yizi said: "That Ke Yizi, I've also heard of him. His moral character and behavior are both praised by others. If we can get his help, the prosperity of our Pure Yang Sect is hopeful!"

  Yue Qing nodded: "I used to collect medicine in the vast and lush mountains, he once helped me, found a few thousand-year-old first Wus, later met him with the master of the Yin-Yang sect, Situ Lei, fighting for the law, using the pre-heavenly five-element thunder I refined to help him break through Situ Lei's Yin-Yang reversal confusion, so there is this fate, I will write a letter, fellow Taoist can bring it to him when you go, I deeply understand his troubles, he will not refuse this rare immortal opportunity."

  Yue Qing immediately wrote a letter and handed it to Ming Yizi, then said to Liu Quan: "Whenever a disciple enters the door to pay homage to his master, the elder must bestow one or two treasures as a gift of courtesy. I took you in on behalf of my master, but only gave you a pair of flying swords, which were also obtained from Wu Yuanzhi of Mount Emei. It's not very convincing. Don't refuse hastily, I remember that there is a treasure left behind by Zhang Mian, an immortal of the Former Han Dynasty, in a valley on Mount Zhongnan. Although I don't know exactly where it is, I have been using the Xiantian Bagua to calculate and finally have a clue. Now I will take you to retrieve the treasure, which can be considered as a gift from my master."

  Liu Quan heard that he had calculated and arranged everything, and no longer declined. Ming Yizi also said: "Since it's an ancient relic of the Former Han Dynasty, a treasure of the immortal family, I can follow you to broaden my horizons!"

  This time, he didn't bring Wei Zheng with him. He had Huang Qian and Si Tu Ping stay at home to guard the cave mansion, cultivate Taoist skills diligently, seal off the cave mansion with immortal methods, and then the three of them rushed back to Mount Zhongnan together.

  The origin of the treasure, the location where it was hidden, were all calculated by Yue Qing in advance. Just as they were about to arrive at the location of the hidden treasure, a Taoist priest with a yellow crown and grass shoes suddenly flew over from the mountain ridge, driving a long, yellow sword-shaped rainbow that rose and fell along the mountain terrain, stopping for a moment above each valley and slope, sometimes even flying down to take a closer look. He held an eight-trigram compass in his hand, his face was anxious, muttering to himself, his fingers constantly calculating, as if searching for something.

  "Isn't that Wu Li from Qingcheng Mountain's Jinbianya of years ago? How did he end up here?" Liu Quan asked in surprise.

  "It's said that after he and his junior fellow disciple, Ma Guandao, were driven away by Zhu Mei, one of the two old men of Songshan, and had their foundation at Jinbianya taken over, they went to Laoshan, where they hid out, practiced swordplay, and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. For many years, he didn't come out or travel around." Ming Yizi stroked his whiskers and said, "Looking at him, it seems like he's also searching for treasure."

  Yue Qing nodded: "Not bad! And he's almost found it too. The treasure is in that mountain valley." He pointed with his hand as he finished speaking.

  The two followed the direction of his finger and saw a mountain pass, extremely deep and narrow, with dense thickets inside. If you don't look carefully, you would think it's flat and wouldn't think there's a rift valley below. Wu Li had flown over that place several times but hadn't discovered it, and the treasure was right beneath.

  Liu Quan said: "He may have come first, but he hasn't found the exact location of the treasure. He's looking for his own, we're looking for our own, just go dig up the treasure and bring it out. If he wants to compete with us, we're not afraid of him!"

  "It's not suitable, it's not suitable. This Wu Li is not an easy person to deal with, and his temper is the most violent. We don't need to confront him head-on. As long as he hasn't obtained the treasure yet, we can secretly manipulate the yin and yang, disrupt the five elements, and make it impossible for him to calculate. After a while, he will naturally leave, and then we can go get the treasure."

  "Both of your methods are good, but that treasure doesn't belong to us. It's the legacy of our predecessors, and whoever sees it has a share in it. If we want to monopolize it, isn't that too greedy? Looking at him, he's also been plotting for this treasure for a long time and has already found the entrance. As cultivators, we can't use deceitful means to cheat people. We must do things with a clear conscience." After finishing speaking, he raised his sword light and flew over directly, "Wu Daoist friend, do you still remember Yueqin Bin of the Wutai Sect?"

  Wu Li had been on guard since he saw the sword light, and when he saw two more people following behind him, their swordsmanship and demeanor were not those of weaklings, making him increasingly uneasy. His words became less polite: "In the past, the five great sword immortals under the seat of Taiyi Hunyuan Zushi, Yun Haitian Yinxiajian, how could I possibly forget?"

  "The old nickname has been unused for over thirty years, it's hard for fellow Taoists to still remember."

  Wu Li opened the door and asked straightforwardly: "What brings you here, Brother Yue?"

  "Of course it's for the sake of the former Han treasure."

  His eyes widened in surprise: "How did you know?"

  "It's calculated using the innate divine trigrams of our Five Elements School!" Yue Qing laughed, "That treasure is left behind by Zhang Mian, a celestial being from the Former Han Dynasty. Inside, there's an ancient jade bottle and three flying swords."

  Wu Li was shocked and anxious, he had passed by the Zhongnan Mountain a few days ago, because Yue Qing and the Emei School people were fighting with magic, using the Six Ding Six Jia Shengui to extract the earth's evil spirit, the evil spirit converged at the air hole on the mountain ridge was also messed up by Yuan Yuan Dashi with Wanren Shenfeng, the outer seal of the treasure's array was slightly loosened, and the treasure gas escaped and was discovered by Wu Li, he guessed that there was a treasure hidden nearby, so he had been searching around here for several days, after repeated calculations, he only knew it was an ancient Han relic, but couldn't know what specific thing it was, now Yue Qing came and said out the origin of the treasure, seeing his hard work over the past few days about to go down the drain, how could he not be anxious.

  Wu Liqiang pressed his chest and said in a low voice: "Do you know where the treasure is?"

  "Right down in the valley at your feet."

  Wu Li concentrated his mind and looked down, only to find a valley below. However, it was too narrow and filled with trees, so he hadn't noticed it even after flying over several times. He felt great regret in his heart: "I had already figured out that the treasure is an ancient jade bottle and three flying swords, and I knew they were in the valley below. Just as I was about to go down and retrieve them, I ran into you!"

  Liu Quan was furious: "You're also a master of your generation, yet you're so shameless..."

  Wu Li clenched his fists and a dozen yellow lights flew out from beside him: "You dare to scold me, you little brat?"

  Liu Quan was about to release his flying sword, but Yue Qing stretched out her hand to stop him: "Both of you, please calm down. Wu Daoist friend, today's matter is clear to both sides. I revealed the situation of the treasure so readily because we didn't intend to monopolize it. As they say, 'the legacy of our predecessors benefits those who are destined,' and as their juniors, we should be brave in pursuing the immortal way, inherit the teachings of our ancestors, and carry on the great work of our predecessors. Instead, we're fighting over a trivial external object left behind by our ancestors - wouldn't that bring shame to our ancestors?"

  Wu Lien hummed, thinking to himself: You speak so eloquently, why don't you just hand over the treasure to me directly? Today, even if you spout flowers, wanting to take my treasure by force is a pipe dream!

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