But Lu Qian refused to say anything. After looking around and seeing no one, she followed Du Jiaojiao and Liu Muqing away.

"It's weird." Zong Shichang muttered, "I don't know how Zhao Sanjia provoked her."

At the foot of the mountain, Ditan Square.

It was still dark, but many officials and family leaders were waiting here.

After hearing the bells on the mountain, I knew that today's climb of Lingshan Mountain was about to end.

Xue Wenzhong looked at the ceremony area with some worry in his eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Shijie comforted him and said, "Mr.

Tea bar."

Hearing this, Xue Wenzhong sat down. He did not carry the tea cup, but sighed: "I'm afraid he is too smart. I said that if he doesn't listen to the advice, he will go up the mountain on the first day..."

Xue Wenzhong could see that Zhao Xing was indeed arrogant and not a stickler for rules. Although he repeatedly told him to accumulate enough straw men before going up the mountain, Xue Wenzhong felt uneasy without seeing him for a day.

He was afraid of hearing some bad news.

Chen Shijie said calmly: "No, I have confidence in him. Just wait. Maybe this guy can give us a surprise."

"No need for surprises, I just want him to come back safely."

Since it was the third day, the excitement of the autumn equinox had passed, and fewer ordinary people came.

However, Zhao Ruide still took his wife and children and waited at the foot of the mountain in the dark.

"Father, how long will it take for me to come out?"

Zhao Ruide said: "Come on, ring the bell at Mao hour, and you will be down the mountain before Chen hour."

He also participated in the spirit show when he was young, but Zhao Ruide only picked a low-grade spirit show and went down the mountain, but he knew the rules.

When the time comes, you will meet people in life and corpses in death.

"Mom, don't sleep. Brother is coming down soon."

"Well, Zheng'er, don't make any noise, let mother sleep for a while..." Mrs. Cai got up early and was very sleepy now. She found a stool in the viewing area and fell asleep again.

There was a temporary tent in the viewing area. In one of the larger tents, a bloated middle-aged man was pacing back and forth.

"Master, please stop shaking. It's making me panic." A woman lifted the quilt from the bed and walked down. "Chang'er will be fine."

Zong Yonglong sighed: "How can I feel at ease if I don't see Chang'er?"

He has been here for three days.

Originally, Zong Yonglong wasn't so worried, but he didn't expect that on the first day, one of the four experts he asked to protect would die!

So in the past few days, Zong Yonglong had not slept well at all, always afraid of hearing bad news.

Fortunately, he did not see Zong Shichang's body appear in the next two days, but now that it was coming to an end, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

"It's almost over." Two fishermen who came early with their burdens looked at the fish in the bucket casually. "I don't know which fish will survive and which ones will soar into the sky."

"God bless you." Another fisherman bared his yellow teeth and fiddled with his fingers in the bucket. "I hope these fish can live well so that we can sell them at a good price."

"Keep an eye on not only the fish, but also those on duty."

"I know, I know."

Qin Feng and the four of them were walking down the mountain road, listlessly.

On this mountaineering trip, they could be said to have failed in vain.

Obviously, I have obtained beautiful things many times, but they were all snatched away. Not only that, I also lost some money.

"It's all that damn Zhao Xing's fault!" Qin Feng said bitterly, "If it weren't for him, maybe we would have broken through long ago."

"And Zhou Gang and Fang Jie are also hateful!"

If you don't see the beauty from the beginning to the end, then that's it. But after going through so much hard work to get it, only to have it snatched away, it's really hard to reconcile.

"Senior brother Qin, what are you talking about?" The seventh junior brother turned around and looked at Qin Feng in confusion, "What Zhao Xing? Who is Zhao Xing?"

"Yeah, what are you talking about?" The other two people also turned around in confusion.

"You..." Qin Feng was about to explain, but he took two more steps forward and unknowingly, he had already passed the stone monument at the foot of the mountain.

"What are you talking about? Did I just say something?" Qin Feng's eyes were a little confused.

"You seemed to be talking about Zhao just now, and you seemed to have mentioned Zhou Gang and Fang Jie."

"Is there any?" Qin Feng turned around blankly, but only saw a rolling fog. "We were on the mountain, what happened?"

After passing the Wangyou Monument, with every step they took, the four people's memories of the mountain became weaker and weaker, and everything about the mountain was fading away.

After a hundred meters away from Wangyou Monument, I couldn't remember it at all. I only knew that I had walked on the mountain and found nothing.

Shaking their heads, Qin Feng and the others arrived outside the Ditan Square. There were Shangguan from the Hucheng Military Division waiting for them. When they saw Qin Feng and the others coming out, their cultivation levels had not changed much. They were a little disappointed in their eyes. They gave a few words of encouragement and then left them aside.

.

Qin Feng and others left the tent and saw Fang Jie and Zhou Gang as soon as they arrived outside.

"Brother Qin, have you gained anything?" Zhou Gang asked politely.

"Nothing." Qin Feng forced a smile, "Where are Brother Zhou and Brother Fang?"

"It's strange to say that Brother Zhou and I went down the mountain yesterday for some reason. We didn't get anything, but we had one hundred taels of silver notes on us." Fang Jie said.

"Huh? Is it really strange that the mountain god returned the banknote?" Qin Feng felt weird and a little envious.

One hundred taels, that's a huge fortune.

At the foot of the mountain, Zong Shichang, Uncle Cang, Uncle Hu, Uncle Yuan and others walked out of the fog together.

There were a lot of people, seventeen or eighteen people.

"Huh? I broke through!"

"Hahaha, I have reached the seventh level of Juyuan!"

"Hiss, my secret skill Wan Zhong Shan has actually reached the ninth level?"

Three of them screamed with joy, while the rest looked at it with envy.

After all, those who can gain something in the mountains are the lucky few, while most people gain nothing.

"Uncle Cang, are you in the ninth level? No, I am also in the seventh level. Hey, where is my money?" Zong Shichang yelled and rummaged through the asparagus box, "Two thousand taels of silver notes."

, just spent it like this? No penny left?"

Uncle Yuan looked around and then at Zong Shichang: "Master Zong, you have reached the seventh level of Juyuan and have improved a lot. You are going down the mountain with us again. It seems that the agreement has been completed."

Zong Shichang nodded and said: "Yes, it's done, beyond expectations! Thank you three."

The old official bowed his hands to the others: "In that case, I will go ahead and say goodbye to Uncle Cang and Lu Hu."

"Farewell."

Seeing this, Uncle Cang and Lu Hu also bowed their hands towards Zong Shichang: "Master Zong, we will go back and resume our duties."

"Okay, my Zong family will definitely take care of your affairs." Zong Shichang said goodbye to the two of them.

"Thank you."

Zong Shichang came down the mountain. There were many people and the progress was not small, so he immediately attracted attention.

Soon Gao Linong, the agricultural supervisor, and Zong Yonglong appeared in front of Zong Shichang.

"Son, you figured it out!" The middle-aged woman immediately rushed over, holding Zong Shichang's arm and looking left and right, "Chang'er, are you injured? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Mom, I'm very fine." Zong Shichang held his mother's hand.

"Then are you hungry? Look at how thin your little face is. There is food in the tent. Mom will bring it to you right now..."

Zong Yonglong frowned and said: "Okay, don't cry and cry. Mr. Gao is still here. You go to the tent first... Mr. Gao, I made you laugh."

Gao Linong smiled and said: "Mrs. Zong and Shichang's mother and son have a deep love. How can we laugh at it?"

Zong Yonglong called his son over: "Let Mr. Gao take a look."

Gao Linong held Zong Shichang's wrist and then congratulated Zong Yonglong: "Congratulations to President Zong, he has reached the seventh level of Juyuan and is in good health with no hidden injuries."

"Okay, okay." Zong Yonglong finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "This is all thanks to Mr. Gao's good teaching on weekdays. Zong will come to pay his respects another day."

Gao Linong also smiled happily: "This is a matter of duty. The president of the sect is being polite."

Then he said goodbye and gave the father and son some private space.

"Father, can Wang Dong come down the mountain?" Zong Shichang said, "I have gained a huge amount this time. I definitely cannot do it alone."

Young Master Zong’s self-understanding is quite clear.

"Wang Dong is dead." Zong Yonglong said calmly.

"What?!" Zong Shichang was shocked.

"He died on the first day, but don't worry, his family will make all arrangements." Zong Yonglong said, "You don't need to worry about this matter. Just rest and go to Gaolinong to show yourself in front of the adults in the county."

noodle."
To be continued...