Chapter 25 The Retirement Life of Zhang Tianshi

Longhu Mountain.

Zhang Ruosu peacefully opened his eyes.

He breathed deeply, nourishing his qi.

Then, he had a cup of freshly brewed green tea.

The faint sound of cranes echoed, and clouds rose.

A hermit Taoist's day begins with a wisp of purple qi at sunrise.

After finishing the compilation of Taoist methods, the old Taoist felt happy. After all, the matter that had been pressing on his heart was resolved. After living for more than one hundred and forty years, he could finally start a relaxed retirement life, drinking tea, playing games, spacing out, and petting cats.

Comfortable.

The old Taoist opened his phone, ready for a tense and exciting game with his friends.

As soon as he entered the interface, he saw someone had sent a message. He took a look and, ho, the avatar was a pottery jar. After opening it, he saw the message from Wei Yuan: "Daoist Zhang, are you there?"

The old Taoist instantly replied with an emoticon.

Then, he instantly switched back to the game interface.

Wei Yuan sent another sentence: "I found the problem in the East Sea."

The old Taoist glanced at it and nodded. He knew that Zhang Hao and his disciples on the mountain had already explained the matter. It was the sea monsters who had plotted against the monks from the church sanctuary. The monsters had been killed by Wei Yuan, and the bodies of those angel-like creatures from the sanctuary had also been found. The guy who broke through the barrier had also been captured.

It's all thanks to this kid.

Not bad, Wei Yuan!

The old Taoist felt happy.

Otherwise, there would be a pile of troubles.

Although he wasn't afraid of those sanctuary monks.

He just didn't want to deal with them.

So, when Zhang Hao reported to Longhu Mountain, the old Taoist directly passed the buck to a certain Wei in Quanshi.

He instantly switched the interface and sent an okay emoticon. The old Taoist began to think about today's character selection, choosing a character he was good at, which was conducive to the early development. He got the first kill and felt happy.

Then, he saw four words from Wei Yuan.

"Gonggong is awake."

The smile on Zhang Ruosu's face froze.

Who?!

After receiving Wei Yuan's affirmative answer, the old man's finger pressing the attack button unconsciously exerted force.

Crack, crack.

The phone screen shattered directly into slag.

He could still hear the voices of his old friends beside him, shouting for his help, but the old Taoist had no reaction. He sat blankly on the chair, looked up at the sky, feeling hopeless.

The happy life of retired Zhang Tianshi.

Ended after receiving the message from Curator Wei.

It took.

Five minutes, three sentences.

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"Tell him I'm not here. I'm in seclusion."

"I don't want to see that kid!"

The corner of Zhang Ruosu's mouth twitched.

His cultivation was high and profound. Taoist masters had the passive supernatural power of a premonition. Before some things happened, they would have an extremely strong premonition. Ah Xuan opened his mouth, but had to sigh and turned to go down the mountain, waiting at the gate. Not long after, the young Ah Xuan saw the clouds in the sky dissipate.

Then, he saw large clusters of blue-green wind surging.

A straight channel appeared in the sky for thousands of miles.

Many Taoists felt the wind sweeping across Longhu Mountain. They looked up and saw a figure coming in the wind, stepping heavily on Longhu Mountain, dissipating the force. The wind surged, causing thousands of trees to roar, and the sound of pines was like fury.

After seeing the news, Wei Yuan didn't hesitate at all. He directly used the Wind Riding Flight technique, which he didn't want to use before because it consumed a lot of mana, and swept straight to Longhu Mountain. The current news was exaggerated enough, and he didn't want to believe it, but even though he was anxious, he still landed in front of the gate of Longhu Mountain.

The little Taoist with the flame mark on his forehead said seriously:

"Curator Wei, my senior brother is not here."

Wei Yuan took out the Qingqiu Kingdom's specialty, crispy candy, from his sleeve and directly stuffed it into the little Taoist's mouth.

The little Taoist Ah Xuan pursed his lips and smiled shyly:

"Senior brother said he's not here."

Wei Yuan rubbed the top of the little Taoist's head and strode towards the back mountain of Longhu Mountain. The Taoists next to him were dumbfounded. This, this, this... Just a slight difference in wording, and he sold out the Celestial Master?

If they saw other senior or junior brothers doing such a thing, they couldn't stand it, scolding them a few times, or even directly summoning the master to make a judgment.

But who can manage this matter?

Master, please come quickly.

Little Martial Uncle-Grandfather sold out Martial Uncle-Grandfather with a piece of candy?!

Only the little Taoist raised his head and looked at the traces left in the sky by the forced use of Wind Riding Flight.

It wasn't the first day he had known Wei Yuan, and he knew that the latter didn't care much about spells.

If taking a car was more convenient, he wouldn't use magic.

But now, he didn't hesitate to use the Wind Riding Flight spell to rush directly to Longhu Mountain, which must mean that something important had happened, at least something important to Wei Yuan. And he also knew his senior brother very well, knowing that what his senior brother said meant that he should stop him a little, but in the end, he would still see Curator Wei.

If he really didn't want to see him, then no one in the entire Longhu Mountain could find him.

Wei Yuan found the old Celestial Master who was frowning and looking troubled.

Zhang Ruosu was about to mention the matter of Gonggong when Wei Yuan had already taken out the phone and put it on the table, saying: "Daoist Zhang, what's going on at the Imperial Mausoleum?"

Zhang Ruosu took the phone and saw the news on the phone. After refreshing it, the news had already disappeared, obviously it had been blocked. But the expression on Zhang Ruosu's face had become solemn, his eyebrows furrowed, and he said slowly:

"This news happened last night, but generally it's not under the jurisdiction of Longhu Mountain."

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Ruosu glanced at Wei Yuan, curious about his concern for this matter, and said slowly:

"Tomb robbers entered the Imperial Mausoleum. They are descendants of the Mojin Xiaowei (Treasure Seeking Commandant) lineage under Cao Mengde. Speaking of which, Cao Mengde was also once a Wohu (Crouching Tiger). The establishment of the Mojin Xiaowei may have been inspired by the inheritance methods of the Sili Xiaowei (Directorate of Retainers)."

"And these tomb robbers secretly entered the Imperial Mausoleum."

"Before they even entered the inner layer, they encountered the guards. When they were discovered, all of their bones were shattered by the sword light. The mechanism used was suspected to be one of the Twelve Metal Colossi recorded in history, wearing armor and holding a Qin sword."

Wei Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

Zhang Ruosu said: "However, in any case, this matter should not have been published in the news. It seems that those tomb robbers were indeed just pawns. There is a certain force behind them. Seeing that these Mojin Xiaowei scouts failed, they simply stirred up the muddy waters."

Wei Yuan quickly understood what Zhang Ruosu meant.

This is the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, the monarch who unified China in the Age of Gods. His tomb, in this era of spiritual recovery, is of immense and immeasurable value. Zhang Ruosu frowned and said: "As far as I know, Buddhism has been greatly impacted and will not interfere in this matter; Taoist disciples, at least the Seven Jade Pivot lineages, will not participate."

"But as for the other sects, it would be false to say that they have no interest in the Imperial Mausoleum."

"And in the vicinity of China, places like Goryeo, Sakura Island, and the countries of Baiyue must also have people who have taken an interest. Wealth moves people's hearts, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards. There's nothing to be done about it. I don't know who came up with this."

Zhang Ruosu said:

"However, in my opinion, it's a good thing to let the Twelve Metal Colossi seal the mausoleum like this."

Wei Yuan sighed. He originally had the same plan, but now, he also had a reason to enter the Imperial Mausoleum. He said, "The materials for reinforcing Gonggong's seal are now inside the Imperial Mausoleum, probably in the treasure vault."

Zhang Ruosu opened his mouth.

So, the person sighing with a troubled expression here became two.

Wei Yuan sighed again, and finally said:

"In any case, I'll go to the Imperial Mausoleum first. It's best if I can sneak in."

"You can't get in."

Zhang Ruosu said: "You need to have the Qin Dynasty military merit rank to do it."

Wei Yuan paused and said, "... Man proposes, Heaven disposes." (idiom: where there's a will, there's a way.)

His fingers subconsciously stroked his collar, where the jade dragon pendant once worn by the First Emperor was, and replied:

"Maybe I can get in, maybe not."

Zhang Ruosu nodded and said, "That's true."

Seeing Wei Yuan get up to leave, the old man asked:

"By the way, you said Gonggong is awake, how do you know? Have you seen him?"

Wei Yuan turned his head and replied, "Yes, I've seen him."

"I even had a drink with him."

He said, "The wine brewed with divinity is unparalleled in the world."

"What?!"

Zhang Ruosu's eyes widened.

A look of extreme heartache and regret suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Why didn't I go back then!"

………………

After Wei Yuan went down the mountain, he pondered for a while, opened his phone, found the old professor who wanted to invite him to participate in the Imperial Mausoleum research, dialed the number. After a few rings, it was picked up. Wei Yuan said, "Hello, is this Professor Dong?"

"It's me, Wei Yuan."

"I wanted to ask... Oh? Have you already started heading to Mount Li? In Xianyang..."

"Okay."

A moment later, the call ended.

Wei Yuan breathed out a sigh of relief.

He couldn't rush in headlong.

He needed intelligence, he needed to find out who was behind those tomb robbers.

Wei Yuan raised his hand and carried the sword with the iron eagle emblem on his back.

"Military merit rank... I remember, after returning to Xianyang for the first time after going to sea, my military rank was..."

He murmured.

He straightened out the jade dragon pendant.

He chose to take a car to Mount Li.

………………

And yesterday, no one noticed that when the Great Qin Metal Colossus appeared and split the gully with a sword, a breath flew out from the Imperial Mausoleum behind it, flew directly out of the Imperial Mausoleum, and then circled for a long time before suddenly falling down. In the car, a young researcher was originally sorting out the information. They had been busy all night and were a little tired, sitting without any proper posture.

This breath directly entered the researcher's forehead. The young man suddenly fell back into the back seat.

His body swayed.

The old man next to him noticed the difference and looked up, saying, "What's wrong?"

The young researcher's eyes blurred for a moment, but he had already returned to normal, smiled, and said calmly:

"It's nothing, just a little nervous."

"You're probably too tired. If you really can't hold on, close your eyes and rest for a while."

The old professor persuaded him. Everyone didn't pay attention to such a small episode.

And the researcher sat in the back seat, his spine as straight as a sword, his eyes peaceful, looking at the scenery outside the car window.

ps: Today's second update... Three thousand words, thanks to Alliance Leader Mo Wei Nai Qian, thank you~

Sleep, sleep.