After a satisfying dinner, Gu Sheng and his companions finally set out for Shitouzhai.

On the way back, Shilou, Ergou and others were very excited.

Looking at their backs, Bai Yu curled her lips.

"They seem to have not been this excited in a long time."

"Indeed, this is the longest time we have been out."

"I'm about the same, but I trained on my own in previous years. It's good to have you guys as my companions this year. I've already written a letter to my father, telling him that we'll return to Baiyun Sect after we return from Kunming Mountain."

Having said that, Bai Yu turned and looked at Gu Sheng.

"Gu Sheng, was there anything wrong when I thanked Master Wushuang last night?"

Recalling the scene of last night, Gu Sheng shook his head.

"There's nothing wrong. Your personality has indeed changed a lot."

Hearing this, Bai Yu immediately raised his chin.

"That is, do you think I have been practicing for nothing?"

As soon as these words came out, Lan Yao interrupted: "Gu Sheng, don't talk to him anymore. He is the best at climbing up the pole. If we talk for a while longer, he will go to heaven."

After Lan Yao finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

Amidst the laughter, only Hongmei seemed unhappy.

After Gu Sheng's eyes fell on her, he signaled Bai Yu and others to go first, and he walked beside Hongmei.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy about leaving Yunhai?"

"Not really, I just feel reluctant to leave."

"Can't bear to leave Master Wushuang?"

"Well, I thought that the poison in my master would have made a breakthrough after returning this time, but I didn't expect it to be the same as before. I really don't feel comfortable leaving her there alone."

Hearing this, Gu Sheng stopped.

"Hongmei, do you want me to take you back to Yunhai?"

"No, I want to go to Kunming Mountain with you."

Hongmei said this firmly, but her brows were still frowning.

Seeing her like this, Gu Sheng sighed softly and raised his hand to gently stroke her eyebrows.

"Don't worry, Master Wushuang. The poison in her body has indeed not changed, but my men have made a major breakthrough in their research. It's just that the time has not come yet, so she hasn't yet detoxified herself. If the time comes, she will do it."

Hearing this, Hongmei's eyes lit up.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course, didn't you notice that the smell of the herbs in the herb garden and the elixir furnace had changed? This means that she has completed the previous stage and started the next stage. It's just that the process has been advanced, and it has not been put into practice yet."

After thinking about it carefully, Hongmei realized that what Gu Sheng said was indeed true.

The breath that was stuck in her chest dissipated instantly, and a smile finally appeared on her face.

"It seems that I was negligent. I only paid attention to the master himself and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment. But looking back, it was indeed the case. Now I feel much more relieved."

Seeing her smile, Gu Sheng touched her head.

"In fact, we can just go to Kunming Mountain with a few of us, and you can stay to accompany the lay Buddhist."

When the subject was brought up again, Hongmei refused as usual.

"No, Kunming Mountain is so dangerous, how can I not go with you? After all, I am my master's eldest disciple, and I have both her aura and her shadow on me. If Wang Chunshi still remembers our past friendship, my presence will be of benefit to you."

Understanding what she meant, Gu Sheng grabbed her hand.

"Then it's hard work for you."

"Why are you working so hard? We are all working for the sect. Let's go, or we won't be able to catch up with them soon."

Her mood improved and Hongmei became excited again. She pulled his hand and quickly caught up with everyone.

Two days later, everyone finally arrived at Shitouzhai.

When seeing the changes in Shitouzhai, Shilou rubbed his eyes repeatedly.

"Brother Sheng, is this still our Stone Village? How come it has become so prosperous after I haven't been back for a while? If it weren't for this stone tablet at the door, I wouldn't have recognized it."

After he finished speaking, Ergou nodded beside him.

"Yes, I used to think our Stone Village was pretty good, but compared to now, the former Stone Village was too simple, and now the Stone Village is too prosperous. It feels like walking in the south of the city. No, our place is better than the south of the city."

"Indeed, there is evil energy everywhere over there, but here we only have rich spiritual energy. It is indeed different. Brother Sheng, let's go in."

Gu Sheng nodded to Huang Shan and strode inside.

Several people were ready to go home, but were stopped outside.

"What are you guys doing? Stop right there!"

Suddenly blocked by a knife, Gu Sheng frowned slightly.

He looked up and down at the person who stopped them and found that this person looked very familiar. He should not be from Shitouzhai, but was sent by Tiancang Sect.

Looking at this person, Gu Sheng revealed his identity.

After hearing his words, the man looked him up and down suspiciously.

"Why haven't I heard of an envoy from our Tiancang Sect? Are you impersonating someone from some evil sect?"

As soon as this person opened his mouth, everyone's face darkened.

Not only did he doubt Gu Sheng's identity, he also suspected that he was from the evil sect? This was simply too outrageous!
"Open your eyes and take a good look. My brother Sheng is not only the envoy of Tiancang Sect, but also the leader of our Shitou Village! Isn't it a bit too much for you to question him standing on our territory?"

Shi Lou took a step forward and spoke in a cold voice, which only made the suspicion in the man's eyes grow more and more.

"Since you have so many identities, how do you express them?"

After thinking about it, Gu Sheng took out the token of Shitou Village and handed it to the man.

The man took it in his hand and looked at it. After a while, he said, "I have never seen this token before."

As soon as he said this, everyone was furious.

Er Gou stepped forward and roared, "You are not from our Stone Village, how can you recognize this token? In my opinion, you are the one with an unknown identity! Who are you and why are you in our Stone Village?"

Hearing this, the man straightened his back with a cold expression.

"I am from the Tiancang Sect, and I came here on the orders of the layman."

Seeing his arrogant look, Ergou was so angry that he almost laughed.

Just as he was about to take action, a few familiar faces came over from a distance, and Shi Lou quickly shouted: "Erniu, come here!"

Hearing someone calling them, Erniu and the others came over with a puzzled look on their faces. They looked Gu Sheng and the others up and down, and asked in confusion: "How do you know me?"

Hearing this, Shi Lou's face turned black and he slapped him on the back of the head.

"We grew up together, how could I not recognize you? Please help us prove our identities quickly, the people from Tiancang Sect won't let us in."

Erniu was a little annoyed after being hit for no apparent reason.

"Who are you? You come here and ask me to help you prove your identity. Do you think it's so easy to enter our Shitou Village? I tell you, if you dare to make a move again, I will not make sure you leave alive!" Seeing Erniu pointing at his nose and saying this, Shilou was almost mad with anger.

"Okay, Erniu, we and Brother Sheng will be gone for a while, and you're pretending you don't know us? Are you tired of living? Ergou, do you still remember when he beat you up when you were a kid? Get your revenge and beat him to death!"

Hearing this, Ergou stepped forward immediately.

Looking at him, Erniu quickly took a step back.

"Wait a minute, who are you? Why do you know about what happened between me and Shi Lou? Only we know about that! And you are not Ergou, who are you?"

When Ergou heard that he didn't know him, he became even angrier.

At this moment, Gu Sheng suddenly raised his hand to stop them.

"Calm down, we've changed our appearance, it's normal that they can't recognize us."

When Gu Sheng said this, everyone was stunned.

Shilou and Ergou touched their faces before they reacted.

"No, Erniu, although our appearance has changed, our aura has not changed. Why can't you recognize us?"

Hearing this, Erniu shook his head.

"The aura you carry is completely different from theirs. Although there are similarities, they are very different."

"Brother Sheng, how could this happen?"

When Shi Lou asked for help, Gu Sheng smiled and said, "You have been following me around for so long, your cultivation has already improved a lot, so your aura has naturally changed. It's normal that he can't sense it."

At this point, Gu Sheng looked at Erniu and said, "You can't feel it, but the Third Elder can definitely feel it. Go call the Third Elder out."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Erniu could move, the people from Tiancang Sect stopped them and asked Erniu with a vigilant look on their faces: "Are they really from Shitou Village?"

After thinking for a while, Erniu scratched his head and said, "I can't recognize it now, let the third elder come."

"Wait a minute, take a look at this token. Is this the token of the leader of your Stone Village?"

When Erniu saw the token, his eyes lit up.

"Yes, this is exactly the token of our village chief! Where did you get it from?"

"He gave it to me."

The man pointed at Gu Sheng, and Erniu's expression changed.

"He might really be our village leader Gu Sheng, but I am too weak to recognize him now. Wait, I will go find the third elder right away, he will definitely recognize him."

After saying that, Erniu ran away without waiting for the man to respond.

Gu Sheng and others waited where they were, and no one said anything more.

The man was still looking at them, but his gaze was different from before.

After a while, the third elder came running over. When he saw Gu Sheng, a wisp of air flew out from his fingertips and landed directly on several people.

After sensing the enemy's breath, the third elder's eyes lit up.

"Gu Sheng, when did you come back? Why didn't you send me a message in advance?"

Seeing that the Third Elder recognized him, Gu Sheng smiled.

"We came back this time at the order of Master Wushuang. We were so eager to go home that we were busy all the way, so we didn't send you a letter in advance."

"Great! You guys have been out for so long and are finally back. Come in and talk."

When the third elder grabbed Gu Shengshi, the people standing by finally reacted.

"Third Elder, is he really the leader of Stone Village?"

"Of course. Didn't you see his token?"

"I saw it, but it's the first time I've seen him... Is he really the envoy of our Tiancang Sect?"

"How can someone appointed by Master Wushuang be fake? Don't you know Gu Sheng and Hongmei? She is Master Wushuang's eldest disciple. You should have met her."

When the third elder was full of doubts, the man looked at the only woman present in surprise.

"You...you are the sect leader?"

Looking at him, Hongmei's expression turned cold.

"You didn't sense my aura from beginning to end? We only changed our appearance, nothing else changed, so you couldn't recognize us? If the Third Elder hadn't testified today, would we have been unable to get past you? And you knew you made a mistake, and you showed no apology to the envoy. Is this the rule you learned in Tiancang Sect?"

Hongmei's aura was getting stronger and stronger. The man was sweating profusely and fell to his knees with a thud.

"I'm sorry, messenger, I'm sorry, Sect Master, I'm shortsighted and failed to recognize you two."

"Spread the news that the envoy has returned. Tonight, all the people from the Tiancang Sect will come to pay their respects to the envoy."

"Understood, I'll go right away!"

After saying that, the man didn't dare to stay any longer and turned and left.

Gu Sheng looked at Hongmei with the corners of his mouth raised high.

"As expected of the leader of Mirror Sect, he is indeed amazing."

Hearing his words, Hongmei blushed.

"No one is as good as you."

Gu Sheng smiled and stopped teasing. Instead, he asked the Third Elder, "Has anyone named Liu Ping come with my token recently?"

"Yes, I know he is the one you recruited, and I have already arranged for him."

Upon learning that the Third Elder had already made arrangements, Gu Sheng nodded.

"That's good. This person is a rare talent. If we can keep him in our Stone Village, he will definitely be useful in the future."

"That's right, so I specially arranged some identities for him. Now he has taken on important responsibilities."

Knowing that the Third Elder had already made arrangements, Gu Sheng did not ask any more questions and followed him into the Stone Village.

As they walked along, everyone looked at various places curiously.

Seeing how curious they were, the Third Elder smiled and said, "The reason why Shitou Village has become like this is thanks to the work of Master Wushuang. We are now affiliated with the Tiancang Sect, and we cannot lose face for the Tiancang Sect as we did in the past, so Master Wushuang sent people to renovate it for us. You see, our Shitou Village has now been completely renovated."

Looking into the distance, Gu Sheng smiled and nodded.

"It is indeed different. If others see us, they will definitely wonder why our Stone Village has developed to this point and is still unknown in the martial arts world."

"Many people have this idea now, but we haven't come forward to explain. We are now affiliated with the Tiancang Sect, so you just need to know what's going on. There's no need to say anything to the outside world. If you want to say anything, let's wait until the Tiancang Sect recovers its former glory."

Knowing that the Third Elder knew what was going on, Gu Sheng didn't say much.

"Our courtyard is still there?"

"Yes, your courtyard has been modified, but the location and other things have not changed. I am afraid that you will not be used to living here after you come back, so the changes are not that big. You can go back and rest for a while. I will have someone prepare a welcoming banquet for you."

Gu Sheng wanted to stop him, but the Third Elder didn't give him the chance. After saying those words, he left in a hurry.

Gu Sheng could probably guess what he was thinking, so he didn't go to stop him. Instead, he said to Hongmei, "Come to my place and have a rest."

Hongmei blushed but still nodded to him.

"Okay, let's go." (End of this chapter)

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