Chapter 20 The Monster Behind the Scenes

Longhu Mountain.

Early the next morning, many column reporters and short video bloggers gathered outside the mountain gate.

As soon as the mountain gate was opened, people rushed up and started asking questions without restraint.

"Longhu Mountain is the ancestral home of Taoism. Isn't Master Zhang afraid of the wrath of the ancestor when he kneels before the demon?"

"Some people say you are not worthy of being a Dragon and Tiger Heavenly Master. What do you think, Heavenly Master Zhang?"

"Some netizens speculated whether an ancestor of Longhu Mountain went astray and turned into a demon?"

"Longhu Mountain recognizes the demon as its ancestor and is in league with the demons. It is unworthy of being the leader of the world's Taoist sects. Get out of Longhu Mountain."

"..."

After a night of fermentation, the content of yesterday’s live broadcast has become a hot topic on the entire Internet.

In particular, the topic that the purple-robed Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain knelt down before Chi You and respectfully called him the ancestor was the most popular.

For a time, netizens made all kinds of outrageous speculations about Chi You's identity.

#Shocked! Is it the decline of morality or the distortion of human nature that the purple-robed Taoist priest actually kneeled down to a demon#
#The strongest demon in China, punching ghosts, kicking werewolves, suppressing the purple-robed Taoist priest#
#When the ancestor demon appears, even the Heavenly Master must kneel#
"..."

Similar topics have become hot searches.

Netizens were also polarized on this matter, arguing endlessly in the comment sections of these topics.

"Putting aside the fact that this demon defeated the Western werewolf, does this demon have no fault? If he wants to eat people one day, who can resist him?"

"Those people in the comment section who are clamoring to slay demons and monsters, even the purple-robed Heavenly Master has knelt down. If you have the guts, go slay one."

"My fellow commanders, this is hilarious. Someone is addicted to immortality. If it weren't for this demon ancestor, the people who entered the castle yesterday would have died before the purple-robed Heavenly Master arrived."

"I am speechless, ladies. There are actually people who are still speaking up for this monster. This monster is so ugly and so fierce. As long as he is not dead, people will not dare to go out."

“@唐代美人, after watching your work, you used the beauty filter to the max, and you still looked like a pig standing up. It’s not your fault that you have a fat head and big ears, but it’s wrong for you to take a video and post it online to scare people.”

"@老八 likes to rate people, saying who is fat and has big ears? You bastard, apologize to me right now, right now!"

……

Tianshi Mansion.

"Tianshi, something terrible has happened!"

An old Taoist priest hurriedly ran into the Tianshi Mansion. After seeing Zhang Jingxuan sitting cross-legged on a cushion in meditation, he calmed down and bowed respectfully.

"Why are you so flustered?" Zhang Jingxuan said calmly.

The old Taoist quickly replied, "Just now at the mountain gate, a layman said that Longhu Mountain recognized the demon as its ancestor and was in cahoots with the demons. We are not worthy of being the leader of the world's Taoist sects, and told us to get out of Longhu Mountain."

"After hearing this, Master Xuanxu was furious and wanted to attack him on the spot. Fortunately, several other masters stopped him, took him back to the Taoist temple, and drove the layman out of Longhu Mountain."

Zhang Jingxuan said calmly, "It's good that nothing serious has happened."

Zhang Jingxuan had already anticipated the situation that Longhu Mountain would face today, but he would not explain anything, and neither would anyone in Longhu Mountain.

Before leaving the mortal world, the founder Zhang Daoling once said that Longhu Mountain must never reveal Chi You's identity before he took the initiative to confess his identity.

The old Taoist suddenly laughed bitterly: "But after Uncle Xuanxu returned to the Taoist temple, he meditated for a while and said that he still couldn't calm down, so he took a shortcut down the mountain and beat up that layman severely."

Zhang Jingxuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Go ahead and hit me, it's alright."

"Ah?" The old Taoist looked confused.

Zhang Jingxuan said calmly, "Holding resentment in one's heart can easily breed inner demons. For those of us who practice Taoism, we must keep our hearts clear."

The old Taoist was surprised: "Disciple has learned the lesson."

After a pause, the old Taoist said, "Oh, Master, there is one more thing. I just received news that the fox tribe in Baiqiu Mountain suddenly declared war on Xuanqing Cave and Huangpizi Tomb for some unknown reason."

"Declare war?" Hearing this, Zhang Jingxuan opened his eyes and asked in confusion, "The Xuanqing Cave Tiger King is a ninth-grade peak demon. Apart from the Dragon King of Luoyunjian, he has almost no rival. And the fox demon of Baiqiu Mountain, although he has a trace of the blood of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox, is only at the seventh-grade realm now..."

The old Taoist frowned and said, "Disciple also feels that this matter is very strange, but Master, rest assured, I have sent disciples to Baiqiu Mountain to investigate, and I believe there will be results soon." "..."

Tapping.

At this moment, a middle-aged Taoist priest suddenly rushed in, breathing heavily.

"Tianshi, Elder Yang and the others are in trouble."

problem occurs?
Zhang Jingxuan frowned slightly.

The red-robed corpse ghost and the eighth werewolf elder are both dead. Elder Yang and Elder Chen from Sanqing Mountain are only responsible for dealing with the werewolf corpses. How could something go wrong?
Is there another werewolf attack?

……

Outside the Tianshi Mansion.

There were many disciples surrounding them, and everyone had a solemn look on their faces.

Among the crowd, Elder Yang, whose Taoist robe was tattered, his body was covered in blood, and one arm was broken, sat cross-legged quietly on the ground. He only had his last breath left.

"The Heavenly Master is here."

Hearing the sound, the disciples quickly made way.

Zhang Jingxuan walked over quickly, and when he saw Elder Yang dying, his heart sank.

"Heaven... Heavenly Master."

When Elder Yang heard the noise, he struggled with his last bit of strength, opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Jingxuan.

"Don't move. I'll carry the air machine for you."

Zhang Jingxuan was about to sit down cross-legged when he was stopped by Elder Yang.

“Master, I can’t do it anymore. There’s no need to waste my magic power. That monster is too weird. I’m incompetent and can’t even figure out its origin. I can’t save any of my disciples. My fellow Taoists in Mount Sanqing are also… ahem, this… this is the monster’s…”

Elder Yang slowly raised his hand and opened his palm, then his hand and head dropped together, but he remained sitting without falling.

In the palm of his hand, there were a few bloody hairs.

Zhang Jingxuan watched Elder Yang die in front of him with mixed feelings. He gently picked up the bloody hair in Elder Yang's palm and helped him close his eyes.

"Go to the back mountain and find a good feng shui site to bury Elder Yang."

"Elder Xuanqing, you must immediately take people to Baikuling and bring back the bodies of the disciples. You must personally escort the bodies of the disciples of Sanqing Mountain back to Sanqing Mountain."

After saying that, Zhang Jingxuan turned around and walked towards the Tianshi Mansion.

This happened too suddenly.

The red-robed corpse ghost and the eight elders of the werewolf tribe had been killed by the ancestor Chi You, but who could have imagined that there was a monster waiting for them behind the scenes.

Longhu Mountain must avenge this grudge.

……

Moonrise and sunset.

Darkness enveloped the earth again.

A hundred miles east of Jiang City is Nanling.

hinterland.

The mountains are high and the forests are dense.

Next to a dark and bottomless abyss, a werewolf covered with scars suddenly emerged from the dense forest nearby and jumped into the abyss.

What the werewolf didn't know was that in the darkness not far behind him, there was a pair of blood-red eyes watching everything that had just happened.

(End of this chapter)