Chapter 25

These seven figures, holding long swords and wearing Quanzhen Daoist robes, were none other than Quanzhen disciples.

"What a thief, actually daring to destroy our Quanzhen stone tablet?!"

A Quanzhen disciple, looking at the stone tablet at Guo Jing’s feet, said angrily.

"This... this was indeed an accident on my part!"

Guo Jing’s face turned red, and he stammered, "I am Guo Jing, I came up the mountain this time to seek an audience with Master Qiu!"

"Hero Guo Jing?! Impossible!"

"I have heard of Hero Guo’s reputation, but I have never heard that Hero Guo has a hobby of breaking other sects’ stone tablets!"

"You thief, coveting our Quanzhen martial arts manuals, sneaking up the mountain is one thing! After being discovered by us, you actually impersonated Hero Guo, wanting to frame him for this matter, how shameless."

The Quanzhen disciples, upon hearing this, all sneered.

These days, along with the news of Li Li Li Zhangsheng being an eight-year-old Grandmaster, which shook the martial arts world, a crowd of martial artists believed that there were peerless martial arts in the Quanzhen Sect, so they sneaked up the mountain one after another, wanting to find those peerless martial arts.

Li Li Li Zhangsheng was reading in the Scripture Library and was very impatient with this harassment, so he gave an order for the Quanzhen disciples to form a patrol team to patrol day and night, prevent thieves, and capture them.

"Ah! This..."

Guo Jing, upon hearing this, was somewhat dumbfounded. Does he still need to prove that he is Guo Jing?!

"Senior Brother! No need to talk nonsense with him, capture him and hand him over to Junior Uncle to deal with!"

A Quanzhen disciple shouted sternly.

"Right! I just saw your sect’s Junior Uncle Li Li Li Zhangsheng! He can testify for me and prove that I am Guo Jing."

Guo Jing, upon hearing this, his eyes lit up and he said again.

"Nonsense!"

"As everyone knows, our Junior Uncle loves reading and basically stays in the Scripture Library, how could he come down the mountain?!"

The seven Quanzhen disciples were angry again.

Guo Jing was dumbfounded. He clearly just saw Li Li Li Zhangsheng, but these Quanzhen disciples said...

He always felt something was wrong, but didn't know what was wrong.

"Is there any possibility that when your Junior Uncle left the Scripture Library, you didn't know at all?!"

Just then, Yang Guo, as if coming back to his senses from some things just now, couldn't help but speak.

Once these words were spoken, Guo Jing suddenly realized. Even he had difficulty sensing Li Li Li Zhangsheng’s arrival, let alone these Quanzhen disciples who were only in the Innate realm.

"Uncle Guo, thanks to the care of you and Auntie Guo, it was my youthful ignorance, I shouldn't have doubted that Uncle Guo and Auntie Guo had ulterior motives!"

"If Uncle Guo and Auntie Guo really had ulterior motives toward me, how could Uncle Guo treat me like his own child?!"

Yang Guo laughed at himself, regretting his previous suspicion and illness.

Although Guo Jing really killed his biological father, firstly it was accidental; secondly, from his mother’s attitude when he was young, combined with the past events about his father that Li Li Li Zhangsheng said today.

Yang Guo also knew that his biological father Yang Kang really wasn't a good person.

"Uncle Guo, Guo'er is unfilial and misunderstood you! Please forgive me!"

After his voice fell, Yang Guo looked at Guo Jing, his eyes complex, and he bowed directly, saluting earnestly.

He didn't doubt Li Li Li Zhangsheng’s words; after all, these years in Xiangyang, although Auntie Guo was sometimes vigilant toward him, she was very gentle to him in most cases; Uncle Guo treated him even more like his own son.

Over these years, Yang Guo could feel that Guo Jing and Mu Nianci treated him sincerely.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Guo Jing looked at Yang Guo and found that Yang Guo’s originally quite jumpy temperament had actually added a layer of stability, and he couldn't help but nod with relief.

Junior Uncle Li is worthy of being Junior Uncle Li; although he is young, his words were deafening!

If Li Li Li Zhangsheng hadn't clarified all the truth today, after Yang Guo learned the truth from others later, he would probably... Guo Jing didn't dare to think about it anymore.

It was precisely because of this that Guo Jing couldn't help but feel grateful to Li Li Li Zhangsheng in his heart, secretly praising him.

"Good! Good, you pair of thieves! Actually still acting in front of us!"

"Fellow brothers, don't talk nonsense with them anymore, take them down!"

The seven Quanzhen disciples, seeing this, thought Guo Jing and Yang Guo were acting, and couldn't help but be angry.

Swish! Swish! Swish...

Sword light swept across the air, and the seven Quanzhen disciples killed them directly.

Hum!

Guo Jing, seeing this, waved his hand, and vaguely, there was a dragon roar shaking, the wind surging, actually directly "pushing" these seven Quanzhen disciples away.

He was worried that these Quanzhen disciples would be injured, so he didn't use heavy hands.

"What a fierce thief! No wonder he dared to be so fearless and break into our Quanzhen! What good martial arts!"

"Fellow brothers, Small Dipper Array!"

The leading Quanzhen disciple spoke.

"Yes!"

The Quanzhen disciples shouted, stepped on the seven stars, formed the Dipper array, and the sword light flashed, like starlight crisscrossing, turning into a large starlight net, covering Guo Jing.

"Hmm?! What kind of array is this?! Seven Innate martial artists actually erupted with the power of a Master?!"

Guo Jing was surprised. Under this array, seven Innate martial artists could actually contend with a Master?!

But he was composed; after all, he was a Heaven-Man martial artist, and he was also powerful among the Heaven-Men.

"This is the Small Dipper Array created by our Junior Uncle, drawing on the *Heavenly Dipper Array*!"

"Thief, why don't you surrender quickly!"

The seven Quanzhen disciples said very proudly.

Created by your Junior Uncle?!

This...

Guo Jing was secretly shocked. He didn't doubt the Quanzhen disciples’ words, but was moved by their words.

You know, creating an array is extremely difficult, let alone popularizing it and using the weak to resist the strong.

And Li Li Li Zhangsheng, only eight years old, not only achieved the Grandmaster realm but also created an array, which was very astonishing.

Boom!

Guo Jing struck with his palm, the starlight shattered, the long swords flew, and the seven Quanzhen disciples flew backward one after another, falling to the ground, gray-faced.

"The thief is fierce! Call for reinforcements!"

A Quanzhen disciple shouted, issuing a warning.

Guo Jing, seeing this, didn't stop them, but stood with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.

After all, he was truly Guo Jing, not a thief who wanted to steal Quanzhen’s peerless martial arts.

Swish!

A figure, a middle-aged Daoist priest with a high crown and a whisk, flew over quickly.

This middle-aged Daoist was none other than the Changchun Immortal, Qiu Chuji!

"Master Qiu, the thief is fierce, suspected to be a Grandmaster, please take action quickly!"

Seeing Qiu Chuji arrive, the Quanzhen disciples shouted loudly.

"Disciple Guo Jing, pays respects to Master Qiu!"

Just then, Guo Jing stepped forward, cupping his hands and standing.

"Eh?! Jing'er!"

"Why are you here?!"

Qiu Chuji looked at the middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him, somewhat surprised.

"What?! Jing'er?!"

"Is it... Guo... Guo Jing, Hero Guo?!"

"Is this thief really... Hero Guo?!"

"..."

Hearing Qiu Chuji’s words, the seven Quanzhen disciples stiffened, bewildered, and were directly dumbfounded.

"That's right! This is Guo Jing, Hero Guo, who has guarded Xiangyang for more than ten years!"

Qiu Chuji nodded affirmatively, but then his brows frowned slightly, "What is going on with the thief you mentioned?!"

"Master Qiu! This matter is not the fault of the Daoist priests!"

"It was just a misunderstanding..."

Guo Jing’s face turned red, and he explained everything from accidentally shattering the stone tablet to meeting Li Li Li Zhangsheng and being misunderstood by the Quanzhen disciples.

"So that's it!"

"Junior Uncle is also too... naughty!"

"Since he knew you were in trouble, he should have just explained it to these disciples, but he had to be so... sigh!"

Qiu Chuji, upon hearing this, shook his head slightly, feeling a headache. He never expected that Li Li Li Zhangsheng was involved in this.

Guo Jing smiled awkwardly, standing aside without interrupting.

Qiu Chuji waved his hand, letting the seven Quanzhen disciples leave, and took Guo Jing up the mountain, asking as they walked, "Right! Jing'er, why did you suddenly come to Quanzhen?!"

Guo Jing’s expression became serious, and he said solemnly, "Master Qiu, Guo Jing came up the mountain this time, but there are two things to ask for help!"