Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

"How are you going to jump back and forth?" Zhang Jingqing asked puzzledly.

Zhang Zhiwei said: "He pretended to go in, but he kept jumping back and forth on the border line, shouting, 'Come and hit me!' But he never went in."

"What if they rush out?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

"Then you've failed. What you want is to tease their nerves and put them on the edge of wanting to come out but not being able to."

Zhang Zhiwei said, "Master, didn't you say that the Japanese pirates deployed many people over there to deal with me?"

"If I don't go for a long time, they will know that I won't go, and they may jump off the wall desperately. Then I will tease them when they are about to jump off the wall."

"How are you going to tease me?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

In fact, he had also considered what Zhang Zhiwei said just now, but what he wanted was to send a message to let the righteous men there leave before the Japanese pirates' patience reached its limit.

Zhang Zhiwei smiled, and with a thought, blazing thunder rose from behind him, transformed into his appearance, and floated in the air.

"Master, do you think this will work?"

Zhang Jingqing's eyes lit up: "Master almost forgot about your method. How long can your clone last?"

Zhang Zhiwei said: "It depends on the amount of mind and Qi injected, as well as the amount of faith power, and also the degree of consumption."

"From the Tianshi Mansion, it will probably take a few minutes to reach the outside of the pass. But if I don't replenish my energy, it will probably only last a few minutes before running out of power."

"And if there is a high-intensity battle, it will last even shorter."

There is no way around it. Abilities will be consumed. Although this lightning incarnation looks as short-lived as Ultraman, it is actually quite durable.

The lightning incarnation passed through with considerable combat power. If it were Master Quan Xing Jin Guang who used the golden escape technique to pass through, let alone a fight, I'm afraid he would be so tired that he would vomit blood just by running to the destination.

It can be said that the power contained in a single lightning incarnation far exceeds the amount of true qi in the dantian of many extraordinary people.

"Your ability is quite useful. How many times can you use it in one breath?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

"Two or three times!" Zhang Zhiwei estimated and said, "This ability consumes less energy and faith than Qi. The main consumption is too great for the mind and spirit. It cannot be used continuously."

Although there is no skill CD when using abilities in reality like in games, there are still losses in various aspects. It’s just that for most people, Qi is insufficient first, and the mind comes second. Zhang Zhiwei, however, did the opposite.

He was not the only one who had this concern. The former Zuo Menchang was like this. Zuo Menchang had a strong Qi in his body, and combined with his daily breathing, the Qi in his body could allow him to maintain a reverse rebirth state easily, and he even had a lot of surplus.

But his mind would not allow it. Even though he controlled the consumption of reverse life to the minimum and practiced meditation every day to restore his mind, he still could not resist the consumption.

This puts him in a state of mental overload every day. The mind is actually in the realm of sex, and his sexuality is constantly being consumed, which in turn affects his life.

Therefore, after he lifted the rebirth barrier, he was more than twice as old as his peers. He was obviously a few years younger than the Heavenly Master Zhang Jingqing, but he looked like a centenarian. He was even much older than the centenarian Lu Jin in later plots.

If he had not practiced the Saint Thief in recent years and began to absorb the innate Qi from heaven and earth to replenish himself, he would probably not have lived for many years.

…………

Zhang Jingqing said: "Your idea is good, but you don't have to implement it right away, because the Japanese pirates are not in a hurry yet. They are still waiting with their nets set up for you to jump into."

"They are not in a hurry yet, so we should not be in a hurry now. If you keep delaying, their patience will run out. When it is time to leave, spread the news that you are going to Liaodong and send out your clone to make a feint. This will give those heroes time to retreat."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and said, "That's good. If that's the case, I'll spread the news now, saying that I'm going to the border areas to warn the Japanese pirates lurking there."

"That's totally unnecessary!" Zhang Jingqing quickly stopped Zhang Zhiwei from doing this and said, "With your current reputation, if you spread the news that you are going to the border, I'm afraid that quite a lot of fellow jianghu people will follow you. The Japanese pirates have deployed a large number of troops there, plus a large number of strange people. If you really go, you will die. If you spread the news, it will only harm them."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei felt that it made sense: "Then what do you think we should do, Master?"

Zhang Jingqing said: "The Japanese pirates have a large number of spies here. I will contact the owner of Jianghu Inn and spread some secret information to the Japanese pirates through his channels."

"What secret message?" Zhang Zhiwei asked curiously.

Zhang Jingqing pondered for a moment and said, "Let's say you want to go to Liaodong to wipe out the Japanese pirates, but you heard a rumor that a large number of Japanese pirates have gathered in Liaodong, waiting for you to fall into their trap. You want to go, but your master won't let you. There is a dispute between the two sides."

"That's it?" Zhang Zhiwei asked, "Will the Japanese pirates be fooled?"

Zhang Jingqing said in a deep voice: "You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. The Japanese pirates are not fools. Your intention is too obvious. They can guess it."

"You wanted to go, but your teacher wouldn't let you. It seemed like there would be no result. But when you went to Liaodong for the first time, I didn't let you, but you went anyway."

"It's impossible for the Japanese pirates to be unaware of this matter, so this news may seem to have no results, but it actually has results."

"And what will the Japanese pirates do?!"

Zhang Jingqing didn't wait for Zhang Zhiwei to answer and continued:
"The Japanese pirates knew about you because your master got wind of an ambush and didn't let you go. In order to lure you into the trap, they will definitely hide more secretly, and to hide more secretly, they must restrain themselves. In this way, the ambush of the heroes outside the pass will be smaller."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and said, "Master, you are really resourceful. As expected, the old ones are the wisest."

"Learn well!" Zhang Jingqing said, "So, stay on the mountain for the next few days. Of course, try not to show up."

"Master, I know. This is called trying to cover up something only makes it more obvious."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled.

Afterwards, he bowed and left the Great Shangqing Palace, heading towards the Tianshi Mansion.

When we walked to the training ground of Tianshi Mansion, we saw a large group of Taoists sitting there attending evening classes.

The thousand-year-old custom of holding morning and evening classes in the Tianshi Hall of Tianshi Temple was changed by Zhang Zhiwei's Qi Bureau. Now, everyone goes to the training ground for classes.

Not only that, some older Taoists who had lived in seclusion in the mountains and immersed themselves in studying scientific research books also came out of the mountains and began to practice in the training grounds.

However, these old Taoists were afraid of being disturbed, so they put a circle of talismans around themselves and surrounded themselves.

These talismans have the effect of silencing the sound and blocking out the scenery outside, ensuring that they will not be distracted.

When Zhang Zhiwei came, everyone was doing the evening class seriously, and he himself had no Qi, so no one noticed his arrival.

Zhang Zhiwei did not bother them. He waved his hand and summoned a black energy, which carried him towards Tianmen Peak.

When he was in mid-air, he looked down and found that the Tiantong Temple at the foot of Tianmen Peak had been repaired. There were two young Taoist priests guarding there to receive pilgrims. The incense was quite popular. Even though it was already late, pilgrims still came one after another.

Most of these pilgrims were attracted by the glass mirror in front of the temple. They stopped in front of the mirror and exclaimed in surprise.

It's no wonder they were so surprised. The mirror was really too big. The sunset in the distance was printed in the mirror like a red pill, and the reflected light was dreamy and beautiful...

This scene, not to mention now, even in the future, can be regarded as a spectacular scenery.

Since they are already here, most of these people will visit the Tiantong Temple after seeing the wonders of the mirror and pay homage to the leader of the Tiantong Sect. Of course, there are also devout believers of the Tiantong Church among these pilgrims.

They heard that there was a new Taoist temple of Tiantong Sect in Longhu Mountain, and that Tiantong Sect Master had performed miracles here, so they came here to visit.

These believers were already devout, and after seeing the ingenious mirror at the entrance of the Taoist temple, which was made by no human effort, they became even more devout to the Taoist Master Tiantong.

Originally these people did not believe in Taoism, but since they were already here, they went to the Tianshi Temple to pay their respects.

The believers of Tianshi Temple went to Tiantong Temple together.

Tiantong Temple also shares the same meaning as Tianshi Mansion in people’s hearts.

The two complemented each other, which led to a huge increase in the number of believers coming to Longhu Mountain, and the Shangqing Town at the foot of the mountain became more and more prosperous.

"No wonder Master wants to build a temple for me. It turns out there is this consideration. It's true that the old ones are the wisest!"

Zhang Zhiwei sighed inwardly. He had no objection to his master's approach. After all, he was a Taoist, so there was no need for him to make a breakthrough and then cut off the relationship.

As an object of worship in the Taoist temple, he did not intend to interfere too much, nor did he intend to show his power in front of others. He stopped in mid-air, observed for a while, and then rode the wind to the top of Tianmen Mountain.

The crooked tree has no eyes and relies on its breath to sense everything. Zhang Zhiwei does not emit any Qi from his body, so it was unaware of Zhang Zhiwei's arrival until Zhang Zhiwei patted its trunk.

The leaves of the crooked tree that were swaying in the breeze suddenly stopped, giving people an inexplicable feeling as if cats and dogs were standing on their fur.

"it's me!"

Only when it heard Zhang Zhiwei's voice did the crooked tree suddenly relax, and its tense leaves began to shake violently, making a dense rustling sound.

"I haven't seen you for a while, and there's not much change. Your period of rapid progress has passed. From now on, you can only accumulate slowly like a slow grindstone." Zhang Zhiwei said.

The crooked tree kept nodding its head. It didn't care about these things. As a tree, except for being struck by lightning by Zhang Zhiwei, it had never encountered any disaster. It didn't have much obsession with cultivation. It just practiced Qi every day like eating and drinking.

Zhang Zhiwei understood the crooked tree's thoughts and smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that this was in line with the artistic conception of spiritual practice.

If it were a person, with the accumulation of experience over time, as long as his or her own qualifications were acceptable, he or she would achieve something, but as for a tree...

It’s hard to say about Zhang Zhiwei because his progress is too slow.

No wonder he had such an idea. Trees and humans cultivate slower than him, not to mention that he was the fastest among humans.

The crooked tree shook off countless stardust and unfolded a spiritual practice barrier like offering treasures, but Zhang Zhiwei did not sit in meditation to practice. Instead, he sat down at the roots of the tree, leaned against the trunk, and looked at the scenery in the distance.

Tianmen Peak and Tianshi Mansion are facing each other from a distance. From Zhang Zhiwei's current angle, he can see the vertical plaque of Tianshi Mansion, as well as his fellow disciples and elders on the field in front.

At this time, the evening class had ended.

Those predecessors who love to study ritual texts are still continuing their research in the circle.

The brothers have gathered together and are listening to the stories of disaster relief from their fellow brothers who went down the mountain to fight the flood.

Although Zhang Zhiwei took many Taoists with him during the flood relief work, there were still quite a number of them left behind in the mansion. After all, the Tianshi Mansion still had to operate.

Moreover, some young Taoist priests who have just started their practice are not even proficient in the Golden Light Mantra, and are not suitable for going down the mountain to gain experience.

After experiencing the hellish scenes in the disaster area at the foot of the mountain, the sharp contrast between the two and the peaceful life on the mountain gave Zhang Zhiwei a lot of feelings.

"Hope it doesn't break."

He thought to himself.

Then he closed his eyes and rested. Now was the time when day and night changed. If he wanted to absorb the moonlight and starlight, he would need to wait an hour or two. It was a good time for him to take a nap.

Of course, given Zhang Zhiwei’s current condition, he is practicing even when he is sleeping.

……

at the same time.

Outside the Great Wall, in a secret stronghold somewhere under Fengtian, Mr. Gao, Liao Huzi and other Northeastern alien forces are holding a meeting.

"What do you say now?"

"It's gone, it's all gone, why don't you do anything? Damn it, why don't you do anything?! Damn it!!"

"What's going on? What's going on? We've fought off several waves of Japanese pirates, why don't they take action?"

"Yeah, why don't you take action? We obviously have more people than them, why don't you dare to take action?!!"

……

In the conference room, a group of strange people were filled with righteous indignation, as if they were choked with anger. Their hair stood on end and their eyes were red. They wanted to overturn the conference table.

The Gao family knocked on the table and said in a deep voice:
"The letter from above said that last year, due to the Central Plains War, the main force of the Northeast Army entered the pass, leaving the defense outside the pass empty. Now the Japanese pirates are taking advantage of the opportunity to enter. In order to avoid being annihilated by the Japanese pirates, we must not rush. No matter how the Japanese pirates provoke, we should not resist and avoid conflict."

"It also said that this is just a local conflict. They are appealing to the League of Nations for mediation. It won't be long before the Western powers intervene in the matter. The Japanese pirates will retreat, and what we need to do is to preserve our strength and avoid unnecessary casualties."

"Knock, knock, knock..." Liao Huzi knocked hard on the table with his pipe and said in a deep voice:

"Master Gao, do you believe what you said? The Japanese pirates are just hungry vicious dogs. How can they spit out what they have eaten?"

"Yes, this is simply a meat bun, and the dog will never come back after being beaten." Someone nearby echoed.

Patriarch Gao said, "Not only everyone else, I feel the same way, but I have no way to influence the decision."

"The main force has already withdrawn back to the interior of the country. It is no longer realistic to expect them to leave."

"We now have two choices. One is to retreat into the interior, and the other is to stay and continue to fight them. What do you choose?"

"Fuck! Fuck him!" the Liaodong savage slammed the table.

"We have lived on this land since ancient times. My ancestors are buried here. How can we withdraw because of a small thing? Even if I die, I will die here!" Liao Huzi said in a deep voice.

"Yes, are we still afraid of those bastards?" everyone echoed.

Patriarch Gao said loudly: "If that's the case, then let's do it. Although the main force is not here, the resistance is still there."

"General Ma, the former Heihe Garrison Commander, has already published the Ta Kung Pao, saying that if anyone invades our territory or disrupts our public order, we will do everything we can to eliminate them."

"And he is recruiting people. A large number of new monsters have responded to the call. Let's follow him." (End of this chapter)