Chapter 41: A Pair of Sect Masters

In the dense forest, Xingde Jun and Zhou Qiniang were pouring out their longing for each other, discussing how to deal with the future, and without knowing it, the moon was already in the middle of the sky.

Zhou Qiniang had risked sneaking out and didn't dare to stay long, so the two came out amidst reluctance.

Just as they were about to part, they saw Ninth Sister looking here from not far away, and Liu Xiaolou followed behind her.

"Ninth Sister..." A trace of panic appeared on Zhou Qiniang's face, but she quickly returned to calm.

Ninth Sister sighed slightly, glanced at Xingde Jun, and said: "This must be Xingde Jun, right? Seventh Sister, go back."

Zhou Qiniang nodded and smiled at Xingde Jun: "I'm going back."

Xingde Jun was very worried and said to Ninth Sister: "Ninth Sister, I've heard Seventh Sister mention you. Although you and she are not blood-related, you are as close as kin..."

Ninth Sister said: "Xingde Jun, I will pretend I didn't see what happened tonight, but don't let it happen again. This move is extremely dangerous, not only for you but also for Seventh Sister. I don't know if Seventh Sister has mentioned to you that she is getting married in half a year. Old Master Zhou decided it personally last month. If the matter of your secret meeting at night spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Xingde Jun nodded, cupped his hands and bowed: "Thank you, Ninth Sister. Seventh Sister told me. She is marrying Elder Zhao of the Jin Jin Tingpai as a second wife."

Ninth Sister said heavily again: "This matter was brokered by Elder Hou of the Qingyu Sect."

The Qingyu Sect was the main sect that the Zhou family relied on, and the Jin Jin Tingpai they were marrying into was also a major sect occupying the blessed land of Jinting Mountain. The marriage between two major sects in the world was indeed not something Xingde Jun and Zhou Qiniang could resist.

Zhou Qiniang held Xingde Jun's hand, her strength tightening again, and the two looked at each other, everything unspoken.

Liu Xiaolou approached Xingde Jun, gazed at the two women leaving, and said: "This Ninth Sister... what's her background?"

Xingde Jun shook his head: "How would I know."

"Didn't you say Seventh Sister often mentioned her?"

"I haven't heard her mention it."

"Alright... anyway, she's quite reasonable."

Xingde Jun asked back: "When did she discover it?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "An hour ago, not long after Seventh Sister entered the forest, she arrived. It scared me at the time. No way, I explained for a long time to Ninth Sister on behalf of you, Master, and Zhou Qiniang. She was finally moved by your deep affection, Master, and waited with me outside the forest. Rest assured, she promised to keep it secret for you and won't report it."

Xingde Jun nodded.

Liu Xiaolou suggested: "Once there is a first time, there can be a second time. Don't look at what she said about not letting it happen again. As long as she didn't report it this time, it's equivalent to standing in the same pit as us, and she can't push it away. Next time, you can directly ask her to help contact Seventh Sister, which will be more convenient, more convenient than me, this fake nephew. This time it was close, I was directly caught into the Zhou family, fortunately, I wasn't interrogated by the Zhou family, but in the future, it might not be..."

"Xiaolou, thank you."

"Your business, Master, is my business, it's a small matter! Next time you come, anyway, it's not far, just over a hundred miles. So... are we returning to Taoyuan?"

Xingde Jun didn't return to Taoyuan, but took Liu Xiaolou to linger in several places north and east of Dongting for several days, looking for the remaining materials for forging the array plate.

"The Facing the Abyss Profound Mystery Array is an illusion array. The essence lies in illusion, so illusion-inducing materials are indispensable. The most illusionary thing in the world should be the crest of the Seven-Colored Splendid Sparrow, but as far as I know, this sparrow can only be seen in the Spirit Sparrow Garden of the Weiyu Xianghe Sect, so don't think about it."

"Weiyu Xianghe Sect? I heard it's ranked among the top ten sects, and the blessed land it occupies is filled with countless rare birds and beasts, like a fairyland. I don't know when I will have the luck to enter Weiyu Mountain to see it?"

"A Cave Heaven is different from a blessed land. We don't even know where the gate to the Cave Heaven opens, so what Cave Heaven are we going to enter?"

"Yes, if the Five-Colored Splendid Sparrow doesn't work, what about the Tiger-Eye Frog? The Nine-Foot Butterfly? Can they be found? Forget it, it seems very expensive..."

"Does Xiaolou also know about these illusionary objects? Tiger-Eye Frogs are sold in the Tianmen Mountain market, ten to fifteen spirit stones for a coin of frog poison powder. Nine-Foot Butterflies can be found in the Shan Prefecture market, regardless of size, selling for twenty spirit stones each."

"Master, just tell me, what other materials can replace them?"

"Large toads and Shangshouqing, mixed together, the illusion-inducing effect is also quite good. This is the secret of my sect, Xiaolou must never pass it on. That's why we came to the edge of Dongting Lake to catch large toads."

"What about Shangshouqing? It's winter now, and mushrooms don't grow in the mountains."

"I have dry powder of Shangshouqing, it's in the artifact refining room."

"So that's it... Master just mentioned the sect, which sect is it?"

"I am the thirteenth generation sect master of the Ziji Sect."

"Is there anyone else in the sect?"

"My sect has always emphasized single transmission..."

"Understood. Actually, I am also a sect master, Master. I am the fifth generation sect master of the Three Mystical Sect."

"By the way, why are you called the Three Mystical Sect? Which three mysteries?"

"This is the secret of my sect!"

"Forging array plates is also the biggest secret of my Ziji Sect!"

"Alright, alright... actually, it's incense, Yin-Yang harmony technique, and cultivation mystical art, collectively known as the Master Sanxuan."

"... Isn't this the lower three abuses..."

"Master, you can't say that! People have no distinction between noble and humble, and methods have no distinction between good and bad. My teacher often said that there are thousands of paths to the Great Dao, and I take one of them. What is superior and what is inferior? It depends on the character of the practitioner! If a good cultivation technique is used by a treacherous and evil person..."

"Alright, alright, I misspoke."

"This is not a matter of misspeaking or not, this is a matter of right and wrong in cultivation concepts. If you hold this concept to cultivate, Master, in the long run, you will inevitably enter the evil path!"

"Hehe... okay, I accept the teaching... don't look angry... Ziji Sect and Three Mystical Sect are both quite good!"

"Of course they are good, they sound like they have mystical meaning... By the way, Master, why don't our two sects form an alliance? We can help each other! We often do this in Wulong Mountain..."

"Is this okay?"

"Why not? We are both sect masters, isn't it decided in one word?"

"No, I mean, is it interesting?"

"Do you think it's not interesting, Master?"

"What do you think?"

"...... Forget it...... If it's not interesting, it's not interesting......"

"Shh..."

"Ah?"

"Listen... this is the call of the Dongting toad... It's very smooth tonight. When I came before, I had to search for many days."

"Master, how many should we catch?"

"Catch a few more, just take that little bit on the skin, it's not enough if it's less! Be careful, this thing is very alert, it's hard to catch..."

"Master, wait a little... Master, go back a little... go further away... go further..."

"Why... is it okay... how long will it take... Xiaolou?"

"Alright, come and pick them up! One... two... three..."

"This is... dead toad?"

"Alive, just confused... six... seven, is it enough? These toads are all in nests? It saves effort."

"Is this the secret book of your Three Mystical Sect? Incense?"

"Yes, what do you think, Master?"

"I didn't see you burning incense..."

"Why else would it be called a secret book? Master, do you still think the methods of my Three Mystical Sect are the lower three abuses?"

"Amazing..." ===== CHAPTER 42 =====