Chapter 371: A home hard to return to

"Beautiful Master, I'm back!"

As soon as he arrives at Flying Feather Rock, Zhang Xingyu feels like a fish returning to water.

He has been gone for more than half a year.

To be honest, Zhang Xingyu actually misses this place quite a bit, and of course, he misses his unreasonable beautiful master just a little bit too.

Just as Zhang Xingyu's voice falls, two blue-robed disciples appear before him with a "whoosh."

"Sect forbidden area, no approaching!"

One of the thin, tall disciples raises the long sword in his hand and warns Zhang Xingyu, who is running toward them, loudly.

Zhang Xingyu hits the emergency brakes.

"Hey. This Flying Feather Rock is where I live; when did it become a sect forbidden area? And you two, where did you pop out from?" he asks the disciples.

"What are you shouting about? Didn't you see the mark on our sleeves? Look clearly, we are Sect Dharma-Protecting Disciples." The disciple tugs at his sleeve and says to Zhang Xingyu.

The other short, fat disciple sees Zhang Xingyu is confused and also speaks up: "This place has been listed as a forbidden area by the sect. Regardless of whether you lived here before, you must leave immediately, otherwise you will be dealt with for trespassing in a forbidden area!"

"Why? I've been living here just fine, why on earth would they list this place as a forbidden area?" Zhang Xingyu is puzzled.

"No reason. And don't ask. I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise it won't be good for you if you are treated as a sect spy." The thin, tall disciple says expressionlessly.

"Damn it, there's no justice. I've only been gone for less than half a year, and even the place I live has been sealed off by someone. Beautiful Master, you are too useless. With me, your disciple, away, you couldn't even guard your disciple's Worry-Free Pavilion." Zhang Xingyu shouts toward the direction of the Worry-Free Pavilion.

Seeing Zhang Xingyu still shouting, the thin, tall disciple takes out a signal flare from his bosom: "Stop shouting. Leave quickly. If you don't leave, we will notify the Law Enforcement Disciples."

"Notify them if you want, I am a genuine sect disciple; do you think I'm afraid of you? Besides, I'm not allowed to enter my own place; which sect has such a broken rule?"

"Bang!"

With a clear sound, a flame rises into the air.

In an instant, bells ring loudly on Zhanghua Peak; immediately after, dozens of colorful sword lights shoot in from all directions.

A moment later, Zhang Xingyu is surprised to find that he is surrounded.

What the hell? I just wanted to return to the place where I live; is such a big formation necessary?

He turns his head to look around and finally discovers a familiar face among the arrivals.

"Uncle-Master Ling De, I'm just returning home; what are you all doing?" Zhang Xingyu asks.

Before True Person Ling De can answer, an old man with white hair and beard beside him speaks up: "Ling De, do you know them?"

True Person Ling De puts away his flying sword and answers the old man respectfully: "Reporting to Uncle-Master, this kid is a disciple taken in by Junior Sister Ling Wu. He used to live in the bamboo building on Flying Feather Rock. The Demon race woman beside him is this kid's maid. As for this big white dog, this disciple is seeing it for the first time."

Just as True Person Ling De's voice falls, the big white dog he mentioned starts barking: "Woof, what big white dog, small white dog; does this Taoist have any manners? Remember, this Dog Master is called Dog Ye. Hmm, in your human words, this Dog Master is Zhang Xingyu's brother. Woof."

The people surrounding them look at each other in dismay. After a moment, the look they give Zhang Xingyu becomes strange.

High-level Spirit Beast?

Beast pets that can speak human language are very rare. By grade, they would be at least at the level of a high-level spirit beast. Owning a spirit beast as a pet is already the dream of all sect disciples, let alone a high-level spirit beast that can speak human language?

The old man with white hair and beard is the first to come back to his senses.

He waves his hand at the crowd, signaling them to put away their weapons.

"Since it's the disciple of that girl Ling Wu, then everyone disperse."

After the old man finishes speaking, he turns to look at Zhang Xingyu: "You are the disciple that girl Ling Wu took in the mortal world?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xingyu bows and answers. He is about to ask the old man what is going on, but he sees the old man's eyes become sharp again.

The old man stares at Zhang Xingyu and warns him in a hoarse, low voice: "Although you are Ling Wu's disciple, you cannot trespass into the sect's forbidden area. This time, considering you didn't know, I will not pursue it. However, if you dare to trespass again, I will definitely punish you severely."

"Disciple obeys! But Uncle-Grandmaster, what is going on here?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't. Ling De, take him to find another place to settle down later." After the old man finishes speaking, a light flashes in his hand, and he turns into a stream of light, disappearing instantly.

After he leaves, the other Dharma-Protecting Disciples also disperse on their swords one after another.

Zhang Xingyu just wants to ask Ling De, but is stopped by Ling De's eyes.

"Don't ask anything. Come with me to White Jade Pool to stay temporarily." After Ling De finishes speaking, he sets up his escape light and flies toward the mountainside.

White Jade Pool, dozens of zhang in circumference. The pool water is clear and transparent; looking from afar, it is like a piece of white jade hanging on the mountainside of Zhanghua Peak.

Along the rock wall by the pool, rows of cave dwellings have been dug out.

This is where True Person Ling De and his many personal disciples live.

True Person Ling De leads the two people and one dog to the side of White Jade Pool and calls out loudly for his closing disciple, Luo Dazui, to arrange accommodation for Zhang Xingyu and the others.

Luo Dazui's real name is Luo Yun; he has met Zhang Xingyu a few times before, and the two can be considered familiar.

Luo Dazui leads Zhang Xingyu and the others to an abandoned stone cave.

"Senior Brother Zhang, this is an abandoned cave dwelling; I'll have to wrong you to live here for a few days. In a few days, I will go and invite a few senior brothers to find another place for you and open up a new cave dwelling."

"In that case, I will trouble you, Senior Brother Luo." Zhang Xingyu bows to thank him.

"No trouble, no trouble. My cave dwelling is over there; if you have time, Junior Brother, you can come over and sit." Luo Dazui points to a cave dwelling in the distance and says.

"Definitely, definitely." Zhang Xingyu agrees quickly.

Seeing Luo Dazui about to leave, Zhang Xingyu pulls him and asks: "Senior Brother Luo, do you know why our Flying Feather Rock became a sect forbidden area?"

"Uh, not clear."

"Then do you know how my master, Huo Lingwu, is doing?"

"Uh, not clear."

Luo Dazui leaves. Although his nickname is Luo Dazui (Big Mouth), he is actually not a big-mouthed person.

Zhang Xingyu watches him leave in disappointment, then turns to examine the cave dwelling in front of him.

This cave dwelling is close to the waterfall by White Jade Pool, and the entrance is covered with dense spider webs.

Zhang Xingyu breaks off a tree branch and gently brushes away the spider webs at the entrance.

He looks closely and discovers that above the gate of the cave dwelling, three large characters are carved in ancient seal script: "Thunder Sound Cave."

The name is quite appropriate for the location of this cave dwelling. Standing here, the rumbling sound of the waterfall comes to the ears; if one were not a cultivator, I'm afraid one wouldn't even be able to hear their own voice.

He snaps his fingers to light a torch, and the two people and one dog walk into the cave entrance.

Inside the cave dwelling, there are still clusters of white spider webs, and spiders the size of fists are crawling back and forth on the webs.

Seeing the scene in the cave, Harry shows an expression of disgust.

Dog Ye is unhappy: "Woof, where is this Thunder Sound Cave; I think it's clearly a Spider Cave."

"Alright. Stop shouting. It's just a few spider webs, what's there to be afraid of. Let's clean up, and we'll stay here for these few days." ===== CHAPTER 372 =====