Chapter 254: Dark clouds cover the top, must meet an old friend

Qi Yun Mountain, Yuan Lingguan.

Zhang Fan's eyes widened, looking at the man who walked in, a special melody echoing in his mind involuntarily.

"My name is Yuan Lingguan, if you have business look for Brother Yuan, I will handle it for you immediately; your and my friendship, worth a thousand gold."

Isn't this person the Jiang Hu big brother who sold information in the bathhouse that day?

He even dismantled someone's arm right in front of them.

"Poor Daoist Yuan Lingguan."

The man walked in; unlike the last time when he was bare-chested, this time he was wearing Daoist robes, bowing and performing a salute, truly looking a bit like a member of a famous sect.

"Is this that person?" Fang Changle leaned into Zhang Fan's ear and whispered.

"This tone absolutely has no second person; it's definitely him." Zhang Fan whispered, but his heart began to beat like a drum.

He didn't expect that such a reckless big brother would actually have this kind of identity, an expert from Qi Yun Mountain.

One must know that Zhang Fan bought the information about Qin Shi from him; now that the person is dead, and he happened to be on the scene at the time, as long as Yuan Lingguan shakes this matter out, his suspicion would be the greatest.

"Brother Daoist Yuan, long time no see."

Qin Wangdu stepped forward to return the salute; according to seniority, even as the head of the Qin family, he had to call him Brother Daoist.

"You are too polite."

"Uncle, these two are members of the Divine Ability Association, Song Yunqi and Ji Huanshan." Qin Ming introduced them one by one.

"Have met the senior."

Song Yunqi and Ji Huanshan performed salutes one after another; they knew that the person before them was an expert in the Zhai Shou realm. Although they are now also in the Great Being Realm, the difference of one realm is the difference between heaven and earth.

In front of such an expert, they had to restrain their usual arrogance and be cautious.

"Hmm." Yuan Lingguan nodded lightly, his gaze shifting, falling on Zhang Fan and Fang Changle.

"These two little friends are..."

"This is the descendant of Maoshan, Fang Changle."

"This is a disciple of Zhenwu Mountain..."

"Zhang Fan." Qin Ming introduced.

"Have met the senior." Zhang Fan and Fang Changle looked at each other and performed a salute.

"Meeting for the first time, looking at the bone structure of the two little friends, it is extraordinary; I imagine that in the future, you will surely be able to do earth-shattering things."

Yuan Lingguan grinned and laughed: "Men should do earth-shattering things; a burst of anger is only for a moment of spirit; to hell with weighing the pros and cons, hot blood in the heart can open heaven and earth."

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"Senior has a good sharp tongue!"

Everyone remained silent, only looking at Yuan Lingguan with increasingly strange expressions; only Zhang Fan squeezed out a smile and praised him insincerely.

"Heard that the Daoist friend recently suffered a misfortune at home?"

Just at this moment, Yuan Lingguan changed the subject and looked at Qin Wangdu.

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fan and Fang Changle's hearts rose to their throats.

Qin Wangdu's expression condensed slightly, and he sighed: "My unfilial degenerate son encountered a villain some days ago and lost his life."

"It is a pity that his bones are not yet cold, but the murderer has not yet been found."

"Such madness; if found, I will surely exterminate his whole family." Qin Ming said coldly.

Zhang Fan remained calm, but could not help but glance at him.

At this moment, all his thoughts fell on Yuan Lingguan, fearing that if the other party disagreed, he would reveal his background.

"Life and death are destined; please restrain your grief, Daoist friend." Yuan Lingguan comforted.

Qin Wangdu waved his hand, restraining his grief: "Sorry to trouble you, Daoist brother; this is a family matter, naturally we cannot abandon the main task for private reasons. Let's talk about the main business."

"I heard Qin Ming has already said it; is the Qin family ready?"

"Daoist brother, follow me." Qin Wangdu made a gesture of invitation.

Yuan Lingguan stepped forward and followed; walking past Zhang Fan, his peripheral vision slanted toward him.

"Everyone, wait a moment." Qin Ming said, and followed.

"Should be going to see Qin Wangsun." Zhang Fan was lost in thought.

Last night, he had already seen Qin Wangsun, being manipulated like that; it must have something to do with finding the place where Human Xiao went into seclusion.

After all, over twenty years ago, the Qin family had the deepest connection with the previous generation's Human Xiao.

"Why didn't he expose us?"

Fang Changle pulled Zhang Fan to the side and could not help but whisper.

"Expose what? We are upright and honest; what is there to expose?" Zhang Fan held his head high and said.

"..."

"There are only the two of us here; can you stop pretending?" Fang Changle rolled his eyes and said.

"I also feel it is strange." Zhang Fan said in a deep voice: "If something is abnormal, there must be a demon; we must be on guard."

"I also think he doesn't look like a good person." Zhang Fan pondered slightly.

This Yuan Lingguan has no relationship with them; as an expert from Qi Yun Mountain, logically speaking, he has absolutely no need to keep secrets for them.

"What do you say now?" Fang Changle pondered.

"Of course, take it one step at a time." Zhang Fan spoke in a low, heavy voice.

Now they are riding a tiger and cannot get off; having entered the wolf's den, with strong enemies surrounding them, running is impossible, so they can only meet moves with moves.

Furthermore, Zhang Fan is quite curious about the so-called place where Human Xiao went into seclusion and wants to see it.

"I have secretly contacted the experts of our Maoshan in Huizhou Province..." Fang Changle whispered.

"Maybe Brother Yu Hua will also arrive."

Zhang Fan heard this, and his heart was happy; he had met Brother Yu Hua once at the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance, and the other party was also an expert in the Zhai Shou realm, exactly the same as Yuan Lingguan.

It must be said that Maoshan is worthy of being one of the top ten famous mountains of the Daoist sects; it does not show its mountains and waters on weekdays, but in reality, it is wealthy and generous. Such talents and figures can still be produced in quite a few numbers.

"Fine, although we are in a dangerous situation, this is also a kind of tempering, a kind of practice." Zhang Fan said softly.

Calamity and luck, calamity and luck; there must be great luck in a great calamity, and there must be opportunity after disaster.

From ancient times to the present, calamity is both a disaster that kills life and a medicine for longevity; practitioners should meet it when they see it and not avoid it when they hear it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan's gaze became brighter; although he knew this trip was full of dangers, he was instead more excited.

"Look..."

Just at this moment, Fang Changle nudged Zhang Fan with his arm; his peripheral vision caught sight of Song Yunqi and Ji Huanshan staring at them covetously, as if monitoring them.

"Look, look at your mother."

Zhang Fan glared, spat directly, and without caring about the wide-eyed stares of the two, pulled Fang Changle out of the hall, just happening to run into Zhang Wang.

"Brother A-Wang, I was just looking for you."

Zhang Fan waved; their group was about to head to Fangya Mountain, and he thought no one would care about the inconspicuous Zhang Wang.

"After we leave, you should leave here; it's best to leave Huizhou Province..."

As he spoke, Zhang Fan pondered slightly and whispered: "You can go to Yujing City to play for two days, find Su Shiyu, and I will have her arrange it for you."

During their time in Annan City, they had some involvement with Zhang Wang; if the Qin family implicated Zhang Wang, that would truly be an unprovoked disaster, which would be very bad.

"You are going on a long journey?" Zhang Wang could not help but say.

"Can't count as a long journey." Fang Changle said casually.

Fangya Mountain is only thirty or forty kilometers away from the city center of Annan City, and it takes only half an hour by car to get there.

"Tsk tsk..."

Zhang Wang stared at Zhang Fan, his eyeballs turning slightly, looking him up and down, shaking his head slightly.

"I said, what kind of habit is this? If you have something to say, just say it." Fang Changle looked at Zhang Wang's pretentious posture and could not help but speak.

"This trip... I will give you eight words..."

"Which eight words?" Zhang Fan asked subconsciously.

"Dark clouds cover the top, must meet an old friend!" Zhang Wang said softly. "Dark clouds cover the top, must meet an old friend?" Zhang Fan laughed dumbly.

He could understand dark clouds covering the top; after all, this trip to Fangya Mountain was full of dangers, with tigers and wolves surrounding them, so he could understand having this kind of luck.

But in a place like Fangya Mountain, what kind of old friend could he meet?

"Good, if it's accurate, when I return, I will definitely pay you the divination fee." Zhang Fan laughed lightly and patted Zhang Wang on the shoulder.

"See you in Yujing City."

As he spoke, Zhang Fan and Fang Changle turned and left.

"Zhang Fan..."

Just at this moment, Zhang Wang called him from behind.

"Anything else?" Zhang Fan turned back and asked.

"Until we meet again."

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Zhang Wang lifted the corners of his mouth, revealing a meaningful smile, and whispered.

"Until we meet again." Zhang Fan waved his hand and said.

In the afternoon, the Qin family's motorcade headed toward Fangya Mountain in a grand manner.

"The Qin family still has strength."

In the car, Fang Changle said in a deep voice.

Just now, he took a glance; this trip, the Qin family mobilized thirty or forty people, all of whom had awakened their soul-aspect.

Among the ten great realms of the Daoist sects, the first pass is 【Restoring the Soul-Aspect】; for ordinary people, the most taboo is a complex mind and a restless consciousness, which makes the soul-aspect unable to return.

How many practitioners are blocked before this pass, unable to awaken the soul-aspect and see that real and wonderful world.

The Qin family is large and wealthy, with many branches and many disciples, but only thirty or forty people have truly awakened their soul-aspect.

However, these thirty or forty people gathered in one clan is already quite terrifying, surpassing most cultivation families.

"The Qin family has gone through turmoil and internal strife; otherwise, their strength should be stronger than it is now." Zhang Fan said softly.

Over twenty years ago, the Qin family's experts had already been killed by his father and mother, and geniuses like Qin Wangsun had fallen; later, they were left without a leader, and after internal strife, their strength was greatly damaged, never again recovering their former glory.

"What you said is not wrong; the ancestors of the families of the Profound Gate have all produced Celestial Masters, but the Qin family is considered relatively weak among them." Fang Changle nodded.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse; even the weakest family of the Profound Gate has a deep foundation.

"The Qin family has mobilized their entire nest this trip." Zhang Fan said in a deep voice.

"They are determined to get the place where Human Xiao went into seclusion."

Fang Changle knew very well that by completing this matter, the Qin family would be considered to have completely relied on the Daoist Alliance headquarters and the big tree of the Bai He Temple; added to having a descendant like Qin Ming, restoring the glory of their ancestors seems to be within twenty or thirty years.

"This is betting everything; if they bet wrong..." Zhang Fan said casually.

"Then the Qin family is finished."

As soon as these words were spoken, the air seemed to freeze; Zhang Fan and Fang Changle subconsciously looked up, and the Qin family's driver was staring at them fiercely through the rearview mirror.

Forty minutes later, the Qin family's motorcade finally arrived at Fangya Mountain.

Zhang Fan got out of the car and looked up, seeing the mountain steep and jagged like fangs, with wild energy floating on the clouds.

Not to mention that it is winter now, even in spring and summer, one cannot hear half a bird's call on the mountain.

According to the Feng Shui theory of calling shapes and drinking images, this mountain is a wide-open mouth, with fangs exposed; ordinary living beings entering the mountain will either encounter a disaster or develop many diseases.

"Truly a fierce mountain."

Zhang Fan could not help but say.

"It has been much better these years..."

Just at this moment, Qin Ming walked over from behind and, in front of everyone, pointed to the southwest.

"Two years ago, the authorities built a row of high-voltage electric towers here; looking from afar, it looks like tiger pliers..." Qin Ming said indifferently.

This is called "Tiger Pliers," which is equivalent to breaking the Feng Shui pattern of Fangya Mountain; in another ten or twenty years, the environment here will improve greatly.

Zhang Fan knew that there were special people doing this kind of thing, which was jokingly called the "Dragon-Slaying Team" by outsiders; whenever they saw famous mountains and rivers producing dragon veins or strange phenomena, they would conduct geological surveys and build dams and cables to break their pattern, so as not to raise a great disaster.

"Raise the coffin!"

Just at this moment, a light shout came from behind.

Zhang Fan saw a crystal coffin being lifted out of the car; lying inside was Qin Wangsun, whom he had seen last night.

At this moment, his body was covered in silver needles, and the golden needle at his glabella was even more eye-catching.

"They really want to find the place where Human Xiao went into seclusion through this person."

Zhang Fan's gaze condensed slightly; he could feel that at this very moment, Qin Wangsun's soul-aspect was producing a fluctuation, constantly magnified through the silver needles and golden needle, radiating toward the mountain, and there was even a faint fluctuation in the mountain responding to it.

"This Qin family can also be considered talented, actually being able to think of this kind of method."

Zhang Fan could not help but sneer; he now understood, they had transformed the living dead Qin Wangsun into a radio receiver, and through him, they could find the place where Human Xiao went into seclusion that year.

It's truly amazing.

"Go!"

As he spoke, the crystal coffin was lifted slowly, and the group entered Fangya Mountain in a grand manner.

"Two, please."

Qin Ming made a gesture of invitation and led the way.

Song Yunqi and Ji Huanshan followed closely behind.

Zhang Fan and Fang Changle looked at each other, remained calm, and followed.

Fangya Mountain was steep and dangerous, with no mountain path to follow; fortunately, the group were all practitioners of the Dao, with awakened soul-aspects, sharp ears and eyes, and physical bodies nourished by True Yang, making them more flexible and agile than ordinary people.

Especially the eight people lifting the coffin, each had the cultivation of a Spirit Official; although lifting the coffin, walking in the mountain, they were quite steady.

"The fluctuation is getting stronger..." Zhang Fan could feel that the fluctuation radiated by Qin Wangsun was being responded to faster and more fiercely.

In other words, they were closer to that place.

"Something is wrong; in this kind of weather, why is there fog?" Fang Changle muttered softly.

Just now he discovered that as they went deeper, the fog around them grew larger, a vast expanse of white, and the road ahead became more and more hazy.

"Fangya Mountain is dangerous; dangerous mountains must produce evil phenomena..." Zhang Fan whispered.

"This is the external appearance of the soul-aspect."

"Ah..."

As soon as the words fell, suddenly, a scream came from afar.

Zhang Fan looked intently and saw a person suddenly fall to the ground, his whole body limp like mud.

The external appearance of the soul-aspect has many environments.

This person had fallen into it, mistakenly believing that he had fallen off a cliff and was smashed to pieces.

There is a very powerful magnetic field hidden here, or rather, a power, which has had an impact on everyone's soul-aspect.

With ordinary cultivation, the soul-aspect simply cannot withstand it.

"Everyone sit cross-legged and enter meditation; guard the soul-aspect with Qi."

Just at this moment, a loud shout from Qin Ming came from afar.

"Let's go."

Just at this moment, Zhang Fan finally seized the opportunity, pulled Fang Changle, and took a step, jumping ten zhang away; the wind whistled in his ears, and at this moment, he could not care about much else; this was the opportunity for them to get rid of the entanglement.

Rumble...

Suddenly, a terrifying fluctuation surged from the vast fog.

The next moment, a figure arrived suddenly like a gale, like thunder galloping, actually blocking Zhang Fan's path, throwing a punch, with the power of ten thousand jun.

Zhang Fan's expression changed drastically; he reached out a hand, True Fire burning and dragon-singing, and collided with that person.

Rumble...

The terrifying fluctuation roared and raged between the two; between the collision of fist and palm, two figures crossed.

Zhang Fan stopped his footsteps and looked up, seeing that strange figure's body boiling with black and white Qi, like the bright day, like the Great Night Does Not Brighten, like a god, like a demon king.

"Divine Demon Sacred Fetus!?" Zhang Fan's eyes widened, revealing a look of surprise.

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