Chapter 203

Wei Yuan put down his phone. If, initially, the newly recovered Nine Section Staff couldn't traverse long distances back to him, then now, having received the final blessings and will of the 100,000 Yellow Turbans, the Nine Section Staff, with its initial spiritual recovery, could easily accomplish this.

However, as he put down the phone, he felt a little strange. Had he just heard the sound of glass breaking?

Or was it an illusion?

After thinking for a moment, Wei Yuan raised his hand to draw a wisp of flowing wind and opened the window.

Then, he comfortably leaned back against the sofa cushions, opened the letter, and saw a letter written in traditional characters. The two Jiamafu talismans attached to the letter proved the sender's identity: the old man who had once lent him the Jiamafu. Wei Yuan silently read the letter and finally understood that it was the old Daoist priest, Tian Chenzi, who had been invited by the Celestial Master to inspect the surrounding Daoist temples.

Originally, he had intended to visit an old friend and stayed at the White Cloud Temple for a few days, but he couldn't bear the smell of money there.

However, he had spoken too soon, saying he would wait for his old friend to break through his cultivation before leaving.

The old Daoist priest valued his reputation his whole life and was too embarrassed to break his word and leave.

So, the letter informed Wei Yuan that after receiving the letter, he should go to the White Cloud Temple in a month, find an excuse, and quickly get the old Daoist out of this money-grubbing den. The old Daoist priest would be eternally grateful and bow to him.

After reading the letter, Wei Yuan couldn't help but chuckle at the old man's predicament. However, he knew that the older generation valued these things more, so he took out a letter and wrote a reply. Then, he chose express delivery online to send it. In the letter, he agreed to the old Daoist's request and kindly reminded the old man that he should consider getting modern communication tools like a phone.

He calculated the time and guessed that this letter should have arrived several days ago.

It's just that no one had received it, and it had been delivered several times.

However, since it involved the White Cloud Temple, Wei Yuan thought of the Special Operations Team searching for possible locations where the Mountain Lord might be hiding. After thinking about it, he first concisely informed Zhang Ruosu about Yu Ji's matter on his phone, and then called Zhang Hao to inquire about any further progress on the Mountain Lord.

"Mountain Lord?"

Zhang Hao on the phone paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Ah, I was negligent."

He said apologetically, "Because of this matter, I've been very busy these past few days and haven't had time to tell the curator. We've already found the Mountain Lord's location and launched an attack the day before yesterday, mobilizing special material sniper rifles and hundreds of cultivators with a certain level of Daoism to launch a general offensive."

"In the end, they cut off the electricity to an entire block, and a master continuously bombarded him with Five Thunders Technique."

"Finally, they successfully killed the Mountain Lord inside a Daoist temple."

Wei Yuan was stunned: "...Killed?!"

He thought of the Mountain Lord using the brocade-feathered bird to fake his death and escape before, and he still couldn't believe it. Such a troublesome ancient earth deity was killed like this? He couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure it's really the Mountain Lord?"

Zhang Hao replied, "Yes, we found his remains. Curator, you gave us a copy of the Strange Power and Chaos Spirit Scroll before, which is a treasure that uses true spirit as a guide. We used it to confirm, and the remains contain the Mountain Lord's extremely strong true spirit. Moreover, Daoist elders also found a statue in that Daoist temple."

"It contained the earth deity's fundamental spirit. The statue has been smashed, and the spirit inside has completely dissipated."

"The true spirit and the body of the earth deity are both here. It should indeed be him without a doubt."

Wei Yuan had to admit Zhang Hao's words.

The physical body, the true spirit, and the earth deity's body above the true spirit.

If they were all there without a doubt, then it basically meant that the Mountain Lord had been reduced to ashes.

Thinking that such a cunning enemy would be killed in this way, Wei Yuan felt a strange feeling in his heart, a kind of trance and disbelief that the enemy had already disappeared. Then, Zhang Hao said:

"Because this Mountain Lord seems to have been sealed by the Ancestral Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain, according to the procedure, these remains will be sent to the mountain to be compared with the classics. After everything is over, the archives will be sealed. If you want to see it, Curator, I can send it to you."

Wei Yuan came back to his senses and said, "Then, thank you for your trouble."

"By the way, which Daoist temple was the Mountain Lord hiding in before?"

Zhang Hao replied, "The Red Cloud Temple."

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It had been a long time since he finished talking to Zhang Hao.

Wei Yuan pondered for a long time, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.

Because he wasn't there before the Mountain Lord died, and the Mountain Lord didn't die in his hands.

It was also normal for the Strange Power and Chaos Spirit Scroll, one of the achievements of the Crouching Tiger, not to have any reaction.

And the Mountain Lord had abandoned his physical body before, and his body was in a soul and spirit state.

This state was inherently extremely weak, especially when it was restrained by righteous and upright supernatural powers like thunder techniques, so it was normal to die under the Five Thunders Technique.

He had no choice but to temporarily put aside the matter of the Mountain Lord. He took out a few one-yuan coins, tossed them in his hand, and shook them on the table. At this time, he felt a little regretful that the true inheritance of the Way of Peace was not good at this kind of divination technique, otherwise, he could have made a divination.

Among the fields of medicine, divination, witchcraft, and martial arts, the Way of Peace was particularly skilled in medicine.

Since he couldn't think of the problem with the Mountain Lord's death, Wei Yuan had no choice but to decide to wait until the Mountain Lord's remains were brought back from the Orthodox Unity Dao to see them himself. He put away the letter, mailed it, and planned to go to the White Cloud Temple after dealing with the matters at hand to rescue the old Daoist priest who was trapped by his own pride.

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Dragon Tiger Mountain, Celestial Master's Mansion.

Zhang Ruosu fell silent after seeing the message sent by Wei Yuan.

There was another old acquaintance who had been away from the mortal world for a long time and wanted to live on that street for a short time, hoping to be arranged by the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Thinking of the God of the Huai River, thinking of the woman who dared to joke with the Water Lord of the Huai Vortex.

The old Celestial Master wanted to sigh to the sky and ask a question.

Is this old acquaintance of yours the kind he thinks she is?

The old Daoist priest is getting old and can't take the torment anymore.

But since Wei Yuan didn't reveal the name, there must be implicit considerations. Perhaps that senior didn't like to expose herself and didn't like to contact too many people, so she entrusted Wei Yuan to communicate this matter. And it was also the duty of the Celestial Master's Mansion to be responsible for settling those cultivators in Shenzhou who had lived for a long time and had been away from the world for too long.

So, after sighing, he quickly replied.

Wei Yuan was surprised to see the cat emoji giving an okay sign on his phone.

So straightforward?

He originally thought that this Daoist friend Zhang would ask which senior it was, and then he would take the opportunity to answer Yu Ji. This would allow some communication between the two sides, a buffer, so that it wouldn't be so dry to directly make a request, leaving no room for maneuver.

He didn't expect him to be so straightforward...

According to Zhang Ruosu's style, Wei Yuan replied with an emoji of two cat paws, one black and one white, holding each other.

His movements paused slightly, noticing the change in Qi, he stood up. In the distant sky, there was a faint yellow flame aura. Soon, a stream of light flew back directly from the open window. It was the Nine Section Staff. This object floated around Wei Yuan, vibrating slightly and making a low sound. Wei Yuan's expression was gentle, and he reached out and pressed down on the Nine Section Staff.

In that instant, he felt the faint call again.

Not only when performing specific spells would they pray to the Patriarch to empower them, but Daoists would also offer incense and prayers to the Patriarch before morning and evening classes, and before practicing Qi cultivation. This would directly point to the Patriarch's true spirit, allowing them to complete the incantation more quickly when casting spells through talismans.

And Wei Yuan had already recovered a portion of the true spirit from that lifetime.

Although his own Daoism was insufficient, he could faintly sense the disciples' prayers with the blessing of the Nine Section Staff.

He took the initiative to let go.

This state was far more harmful than beneficial for him at the moment.

His thoughts paused slightly, then he thought again, when he fought against the Dao Lord of the Way of Peace one day, he could find a way to use the Nine Section Staff, and when the other party was casting spells, he could interrupt them at a critical moment with the identity of the Deputy Celestial Master of the Way of Peace. If used properly, it could play a decisive role.

You pray for the Patriarch's blessing.

The Patriarch threw down your talisman and expressed his disgust.

Wei Yuan's thoughts paused slightly. He reached out and gently stroked the Nine Section Staff and sighed:

"You're finally back in my hands, old friend."

"Counting it, it's been almost two thousand years."

The Nine Section Staff vibrated softly, as if in response.

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Zhang Ruosu called his junior apprentice, who was responsible for the affairs of Quan City.

He handed over the matter that Wei Yuan had mentioned to his junior apprentice to handle.

The old Daoist, who looked much older than Zhang Ruosu, was surprised. He had experienced many times the matter of settling seniors, but when he saw that the destination was that museum, his thoughts paused slightly, and he couldn't help but recall his previous experience.

He had previously gone with several of his juniors to apologize for his disciples' rash offense against the Heavenly Maiden.

But instead, in the depths of the museum curator's dream, he saw the scene of him fighting with the Overlord.

The old Daoist felt somewhat complicated about this experience.

He remembered that when he was young, a guest in a red dress came up the mountain carrying a box. He had secretly looked at the Overlord's spear that the guest had brought, and suffered a serious illness. Once bitten by a snake, he was still somewhat afraid of the Overlord's spear after decades. He didn't want to go, but his granduncle had ordered him to, so he couldn't refuse. He had no choice but to sigh and comfort himself, he was just going to record the temporarily residing cultivator.

He wanted to make a divination, but he couldn't help but laugh at himself for becoming more timid as he got older.

If he didn't enter the dream, he naturally wouldn't be involved with the Overlord's spear.

The old Daoist left a note and went with Shen Jifeng.

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Wei Yuan carefully cleaned out a clean counter, and then, holding it with both hands, gently placed the Nine Section Staff on it.

As in the past, he found paper and pen, wrote casually with a carbon pen for a while, put it down gently, and pressed it under the Nine Section Staff. On that piece of paper were a few lines of words, which the Shang Dynasty bronze wine cup tried its best to barely make out, and then it was lost in thought——/

Museum Collection.

Way of Peace Nine Section Staff.

Handmade by my master when he was young.

As a staff, to practice the Dao.

Disciple Yuan, respectfully follows it.

Number——003.

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