Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine Elders Blocking the Way
Zhang Baoer's face was gloomy, not because he was in the fog, but because Granny Qingmu told him that she did not pick up Yanxin and others.
"Junior brother...Senior sister heard the news that you went north, and thought you wouldn't come to Silent Valley. I didn't expect that some of them would come back... Moreover, big things happened in the valley, and senior sister was unable to do anything at all, so..."
Listening to the worried explanation of Granny Qingmu who was walking side by side, Zhang Baoer nodded and said in deep thought:
"Senior sister, I believe you...but, junior brother, I followed the traces they left to the Silent Valley..."
Boom!
"What?!"
Granny Aoki suddenly turned pale, her eyes were like fire, and her old body couldn't help but tremble.
She stared at the thick fog for a while, then turned to Zhang Baoer who looked puzzled and said through gritted teeth:
"I...maybe you know who it is!"
"Senior sister..."
Zhang Baoer was overjoyed and was about to speak when he saw Granny Qingmu wink at him and quickly stopped - he also sensed someone walking hurriedly on the bluestone road in front of him.
"Meet the Third Elder!"
The visitors were two inner disciples, both of whom were in the later stages of Jindan. After meeting Granny Qingmu, they quickly saluted.
"Um……"
Granny Aoki replied lightly, and the two people bowed again and walked around.
Seeing Granny Qingmu still standing on the same spot, Zhang Baoer was stunned for a moment and then realized that there were two more people behind those two people.
Since there is no wind and thick fog here, which hinders his sense of smell, he can only use his mental power to perceive... And although his mental power is strong, it is still slightly worse than Granny Aoki, so he did not immediately
Sensing the second group of people.
As the distance got closer, he gradually saw clearly that walking from the depths of the Silent Valley were a white-haired old man and a middle-aged beautiful woman.
"Hahaha... What a coincidence that I met the third elder here."
The white-haired old man was the first to smile heartily, with a friendly smile on his face.
Granny Aoki's face remained unchanged and she said calmly:
"The Silent Valley is so big, what's the coincidence of meeting this person? But the fourth elder... is in such a hurry that he doesn't know where he is going?"
Although the tone was very calm, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Granny Aoki was very rude.
The white-haired old man's expression remained unchanged and he smiled without saying a word. However, the beautiful middle-aged woman following him quickly bowed and said:
"Xue'er pays homage to the third elder!"
"you……"
"Junior brother!"
When his attention was focused on this beautiful middle-aged woman, Zhang Baoer's expression suddenly changed, and a cold light appeared in his eyes. He was about to step forward but was grabbed by Granny Qingmu.
After thinking about it, Zhang Baoer stopped, hurriedly sent a message to Granny Qingmu, and stood there staring at the beautiful middle-aged woman without blinking.
The beautiful middle-aged woman frowned slightly and was about to speak when the smiling voice of the white-haired old man came out:
"Xue'er, step back!"
"Yes, Master!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman knowingly retreated behind the fourth elder, who looked at Zhang Baoer curiously.
Meeting his gaze, Zhang Baoer's heart suddenly tightened. He discovered that this person's cultivation level was unfathomable, far superior to the current Granny Qingmu.
However, he is not afraid, because the gap between this person and Patriarch Yun is huge, and as Zhang Baoer, who can kill Patriarch Yun with one finger, he is naturally not afraid when facing such a person.
Seeing Zhang Baoer so calm, and seeing the fourth elder frown slightly, Granny Qingmu felt happy, but her eyes turned cold, and she stared at the fourth elder and said word by word:
"Fourth Elder, since you have important matters, please leave quickly... By the way, Miss Xue'er, after your important matters are dealt with, remember to return my disciples to me."
These sudden words made the middle-aged beautiful woman tremble. She quickly suppressed the panic in her eyes, then raised her head and defended:
"Junior didn't..."
"Snow!"
The fourth elder interrupted, but his eyes were suddenly stunned, because when he called the middle-aged beautiful woman to stop, Zhang Baoer also said coldly:
"If you don't see my people before sunset, I don't mind killing them!"
These words... the eyes of the three people, including Granny Aoki, widened when they heard this, and then:
Grandma Aoki was shocked. Just as she was about to speak, she remembered the scene where she was blocked by an ice wall that appeared out of thin air. She quickly shut up and felt reassured.
The beautiful middle-aged woman's eyes were sharp and she stared at Zhang Baoer. If the Fourth Elder hadn't just said, 'Shut up,' she would not have stayed where she was...
The fourth elder didn't react much. He just narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Baoer.
After a long time, he smiled casually, moved his gaze from Zhang Baoer's pupils to Granny Qingmu's pupils, and said with a smile:
"You are really young and energetic... Haha, Third Elder, the matter is actually very simple, it doesn't have to be like this! If there is anything I can do for you, Fourth Brother, I will do my best to help. Why don't you go to my place later..."
However, when he was halfway through listening, Granny Qingmu no longer looked at him. After a slight smile, she turned to Zhang Baoer and said harmoniously:
"Junior brother, let's go!"
Zhang Baoer nodded. He was too lazy to say anything more. His attitude had already been made clear. What they should do was their business.
Firstly, he was reasonable; secondly, he really didn't mind.
"Erha, keep up!"
After shouting, he and Granny Aoki walked around the two people and continued walking inside.
"Ouch!"
When the unicorn horse passed by the two of them, it suddenly showed its sharp teeth and glared at the two of them with its one eye, and then followed them swaggeringly.
"Third Elder..."
The fourth elder suppressed his anger, forced a smile and turned around to call Granny Aoki to stop, but the group did not hesitate at all, and walked away without stopping for a moment, and his smile also froze.
"snort!"
When they disappeared into the mist, the fourth elder snorted with cruel eyes.
"Master!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman also looked normal. She walked to his side and said coldly:
"It's worse to be so ignorant of praise than..."
At this point, she stopped talking. The fourth elder sighed and said nothing, but turned back.
"Fourth Elder!"
At this moment, a low cry suddenly came from the direction of the exit of the valley, and then a person ran up from the fog. The person who came was a middle-aged man.
"Haiping, meet the fourth elder! Meet Senior Sister Xue!"
The fourth elder nodded. He knew that this person was a deacon from the outer sect and he was also one of his.
"Why are you so panicked?!"
"Just now……"
The deacon quickly told the fourth elder roughly everything that happened when Granny Qingmu arrived at the Jade Gate Tower.
After hearing this, the middle-aged beautiful woman gave a noncommittal hum and waved him away.
After he walked away, the middle-aged beautiful woman no longer suppressed the turmoil in her heart, frowned deeply and looked at the fourth elder and asked:
"Master, we..."
The fourth elder's expression was a little solemn. He glanced around and saw that no one was around, and then whispered:
"So, that person is a bit...simple! Let's go! Go see the second elder!"
After speaking hastily, he turned around and headed deeper into the valley. The beautiful middle-aged woman took a deep breath and quickly followed.
After the two of them learned the first wave of news about the informant, they rushed over immediately to see if they had a chance to do something. However, Granny Aoki cut the knot quickly and before they could arrive, things over there were about to begin.
it's over……
What they didn't expect was that Zhang Baoer's temper would be so strong, giving them no chance to bargain.
At this moment, the two of them felt like they were self-defeating, because Yanxin and others were indeed in their hands.
Originally, when they took Yan Xin and others away first, they did not want to estrange the relationship between Granny Qingmu, but just wanted to force her to submit. Who would have thought that a junior brother would appear out of thin air next to the old woman.
The reason why they came in a hurry was because they suspected that the person who came was the ghost Li Kui, but now after hearing Hai Ping's report, they were not sure because this person did not match the image of Li Kui and was even stronger!
There are many ways to hide cultivation in this world. Naturally, they don't think that the 'Foundation-Building Dzogchen' they perceive is really that person's cultivation. If that person is really not Li Kui, then they will have a headache.
They thought: This person should not be Li Kui, but he must have a close relationship with Li Kui. It is difficult to say that he is a father and son!
…………
When Granny Qingmu took Zhang Baoer in full view of everyone, they walked along the avenue through the residential area of the inner disciples, passed by the Miscellaneous Courtyard, the Merit Hall, the Instrument-making Pavilion, the Alchemy Courtyard and the Library Pavilion, and then passed through the Silent Square and stood in front of the Silent Hall.
Turning around, we came to the garden house where she lived.
However, they did not enter the gate guarded by two boys, but stopped in front of it; because there were three people standing at the other end of the road.
The three of them were all in the late Nascent Soul stage or above. The leader was an old man with a long beard, and the other two were an old man in sackcloth and a burly man with a beard.
"Third Elder!"
The three of them stood with smiles on their faces. When Granny Qingmu and Zhang Baoer stopped, they all saluted Granny Qingmu with fists in their hands and said hello to her.
Granny Aoki's eyes were a little complicated, she nodded and returned the courtesy one by one:
"Great Elder, Fifth Elder, Seventh Elder!"
It ended here. She did not introduce Zhang Baoer beside her to the three of them.
The three of them quickly glanced at Zhang Baoer, who was walking side by side with Granny Qingmu, and then looked back. The elder wiped his long beard and said with a smile:
"Junior sister Qing, you won't blame me for coming here uninvited today, right?"
"Won't!"
Granny Qingmu nodded and said with complicated eyes:
"But, senior brother Quan, please come back! Unfortunately, junior sister, I have some chores to deal with today, please forgive me!"
The great elder nodded and smiled nonchalantly:
"Since Junior Sister Qing has something to do, senior brother won't bother you... Goodbye, little friend!"
"Farewell!"
After saying that, the three of them turned and left.
Zhang Baoer and Granny Qingmu frowned and watched them go away, and then looked at each other. Granny Qingmu sighed and said:
"Junior brother, let's go home first!"
go home?!
Zhang Baoer was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile. Now he has boarded Granny Qingmu's pirate ship. They are indeed a family...
However, because the door was too small, the one-horned horse couldn't get in, so the two boys guarding the door saw it jumping into the third elder's wall, which shocked the two of them physically and mentally, and they began to speculate about Zhang Baoer's identity.
Granny Qingmu seemed to like these two children very much. Seeing their confusion, she led Zhang Baoer to put Cai'er, who was already asleep, on the bed in a room and returned to the hall. She said to them:
"This is my junior brother, and he will be the master of this place from now on. You must not neglect it, do you understand?!"
"Meet Master!"
This title made Zhang Baoer, who was sitting in the chair, happy. He quickly asked the two of them to stand up, and then took out a large handful of middle-grade spiritual stones from the space ring and distributed them to the two of them.
Granny Aoki didn't stop her. After they accepted her thanks, she said to the two boys:
"Everyone, go out! Close the door and don't see any visitors until sunset!"
"Yes, disciple..."
"Hold on, please help my beast rider prepare some delicious food!"
"Yes, disciple, resign!"
Creak!
The door was closed, and Zhang Baoer was about to speak when he saw Granny Qingmu's green wooden staff suddenly hit a brick under the table, and then:
Boom!
The wall behind him suddenly moved away, revealing a secret passage; he also felt that spiritual energy that was ten times stronger than here rushed out from the opening.
After taking a breath with enjoyment on his face, he turned to look at Granny Aoki, who had already stood up and smiled at him:
"Junior brother, talk inside!"
"good!"
Zhang Baoer also knew that walls have ears, so he stood up immediately, but when he was about to leave, he hesitated again.
"What's wrong?"
Granny Qingmu looked puzzled, Zhang Baoer quickly laughed and said:
"Junior brother, we should take Cai'er with us. If she wakes up and doesn't see junior brother, she may be in big trouble!"
Grandma Qingmu was even more puzzled, but...later she thought that Zhang Baoer was young and vigorous, which is the time when children love each other, so she suddenly realized and urged very happily:
"Then why are you standing there stupidly? Go quickly!"
"hey-hey……"
Zhang Baoer knew that she had misunderstood, but without explaining anything, he quickly went to take Cai'er out.
When he came, Granny Aoki was already standing at the entrance. She stretched out her hand and twisted a lamp mounted on the wall, making a few loud noises, and the tunnel suddenly became bright.
Zhang Baoer couldn't help but marveled, looking at a secret room shrouded in white mist in the depths, he quickly carried Cai'er and walked in.
When he came to the secret room, Zhang Baoer couldn't help but widen his eyes. He actually saw an formation in the secret room, which was about three feet long, wide, and high: the Xiao Zhoutian Spirit Gathering Formation.
"Little Zhoutian Spirit Gathering Array?!"
"Junior brother has good eyesight!"
Granny Qingmu was shocked. She did not expect that Zhang Baoer actually knew that this was the spirit gathering array and could accurately name it.
However, she didn't ask any more questions, pointing to the futons on the Little Zhoutian Spirit Gathering Array and said:
"Sit down first!"
"Um!"
Zhang Baoer quickly followed up, pulled three futons and put Cai'er down, then sat down on the fourth futon and put Cai'er's head on his lap.
Grandma Aoki sat across from her and did not urge her. She watched with interest as he carefully finished everything and looked at her. Then she calmed down and said:
"Junior brother, let's do this...Senior sister will briefly tell you about Silent Valley first, and then if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask senior sister."