Chapter 29: Do you want me to help you clean up this mess?

"of course I remember."

Zhang Jingxuan replied without hesitation, and at the same time, he inexplicably had a bad feeling in his heart.

One of his missions as a Heavenly Master is to guard the seal and prevent the demon under the Qinling Mountains from returning to the human world and wreaking havoc on the world again.

But why did the old Taoist priest Zhang Yunfu suddenly bring up this matter today?
Zhang Jingxuan saw a solemn look on Zhang Yunfu's face. In addition, he suddenly visited Longhu Mountain today and was not particularly surprised by the murder of his disciple. These signs showed that

Everyone was telling him that something happened in Qinling Mountains.

"Old Heavenly Master Zhang, you suddenly brought up this matter. Could it be that..." Zhang Jingxuan stared at the old Heavenly Master Zhang Yunfu, waiting for his answer.

Zhang Yunfu nodded solemnly: "I don't know who destroyed the seal set by the ancestor, and the demon has escaped. I have been searching for it in Qinling for several days, but there is no trace of the demon..."

"Master Zhang, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhang Jingxuan's face turned extremely ugly in an instant.

That demon wreaked havoc in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It was an extremely powerful demon. At that time, the two heavenly masters from Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain joined forces to subdue it and suppress it under the Qinling Mountains.

After that generation of Heavenly Masters, Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain have never produced a Heavenly Master above the ninth rank.

Although the demon had been suppressed for hundreds of years, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. It is probably impossible for Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain to subdue the demon now.

Zhang Yunfu looked regretful. "I just thought a demon accidentally touched the seal, but I didn't expect the seal to be destroyed. I was alone in Qinling at the time, and it was too late to tell you, so I decided to search Qinling alone first. Unfortunately... I didn't find any clues."

At that time, the two Heavenly Masters from Mount Longhu and Mount Sanqing agreed that they would take over the responsibility of guarding the seal every three years.

Nothing had happened for a hundred years, but unexpectedly something happened in their generation.

But they just don't have the ability to solve it.

It seems like this is destined to happen.

"Alas." Zhang Jingxuan sighed, knowing that now was not the time to shirk responsibility. The most important thing right now was to find clues about the demon.

This demon is too powerful. If it is not dealt with quickly, once it has fully recovered its strength, the world will probably face another catastrophe. And Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain will be to blame and will become the eternal sinners of this catastrophe.

"Master Zhang, how was the seal broken?" Zhang Jingxuan asked.

Although this seal has been in place for hundreds of years, it was jointly set up by two ascended heavenly masters from Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain at that time. Ordinary monsters dare not even get close to it, let alone break the seal.

Zhang Yunfu narrowed his eyes, as if recalling something.

After a moment of silence, he replied, "At first glance, the seal seemed to have been forcibly broken from the outside, but I have been studying formations since I was young, and I still found a clue. I suspect that the seal was broken by someone, and in order to deceive us, they created the illusion that it was forcibly broken from the outside. Of course... this is just my guess."

"It was cracked by someone..." Zhang Jingxuan frowned and fell into deep thought.

The seal that suppressed the demon was an ancient formation called the Five Elements Locking Dragon and Subduing Demon Formation. It used the power of the five elements as a medium, transforming it into the power to drive the formation, constantly weakening the demon in the formation.

However, this formation is an ancient formation, and only cultivators above the ninth level and in the Ascension Realm can set it up. As for breaking it, it also requires a cultivator in the Ascension Realm who is proficient in formations.

But now that the spiritual energy is exhausted, the strong people above the ninth rank have long been hard to find, not to mention the harsh condition of being proficient in the formation.

"wrong……"

Zhang Jingxuan suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but take a breath, then looked at the old ancestor Chi You who was sitting quietly beside him. The corpse ancestor Hou Qing and Ying Gou were captured by a mysterious old Taoist, and this mysterious old Taoist was not only above the ninth rank, but also needed to cast a teleportation formation.

If Zhang Yunfu's guess is true, then is it possible that the guy who broke the seal under Qinling Mountains and released the demons is the same person who captured the two corpse ancestors?
The disciples of Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain were attacked by a mysterious demon at Baikuling. Could this demon be the one that escaped from Qinling Mountains?
Thinking of this, Zhang Jingxuan suddenly felt that the context of the matter became clear.

"Old Ancestor, if the seal suppressing the demon under Qinling Mountains was broken, then this person's attainments in formations must be extremely high. What do you think... could this person be the same person as the mysterious Taoist priest who captured the two corpse ancestors?"

If this matter could involve the ancestor Chi You, then the pressure on Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain would be much lighter, or even no pressure at all.

Chi You nodded slightly: "That is a possibility."

He was also listening to the conversation between the two just now.

The spiritual energy in the world is exhausted, and it is difficult to find any trace of spirits above the ninth level. The guy who broke the seal of Qinling Mountains and released the demons and the mysterious old Taoist who captured the two corpse ancestors under his command seem to have made great achievements in formations and are very likely to be the same person.

"Please, ancestor, get rid of this demon for the people of the world!" Zhang Jingxuan suddenly knelt down towards Chi You.

Seeing this, the old Taoist Zhang Yunfu hesitated for a moment, then knelt down and echoed, "Please, ancestor, eliminate the demon for the people of the world."

This time the demon broke free from the seal, and the fault lies with him at Sanqing Mountain. As the contemporary Heavenly Master, Zhang Yunfu cannot escape blame.

If the ancestor Chi You could get rid of this demon, Zhang Yunfu would not have any complaints, let alone kneeling down, even if he kowtowed a few more times.

Chi You was silent for a few seconds, then a smile suddenly appeared on his lips. He looked calmly at the two Taoist Heavenly Masters kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "Why, do you want me to help you clean up this mess?"

"..."

After hearing this, the two looked up at each other, and saw a solemn look on each other's faces. For a moment, they didn't know how to answer.

They did have the idea of ​​asking Chiyou to help them clean up the mess.

But they have no other choice.

They didn't even know if they could deal with the demon that broke free from the seal. If the person who broke the seal was added, the people from Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain would have no chance of winning even if all of them died.

Just when the two of them didn't know what to do, they heard Chi You say, "Go down and get the news."

This sudden reversal made the two of them stunned for a moment, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, ancestor." The two of them hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude.

……

"Master, I have something important to report, Master...!"

At this moment, the voice of an old Taoist priest anxiously asking for a meeting suddenly came from outside the hall.

Zhang Jingxuan looked at Chi You and saw that the old ancestor's expression had not changed. Then he walked aside and summoned the old Taoist.

Then the old Taoist's next words made Zhang Jingxuan frown.

(End of this chapter)