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Chapter 104: Fighting the Old Taoist Priest

Upon hearing this, Taoist Jingming pushed open the door and walked in with Zhou Tian.

There was an area of ​​about 30 square meters, with a bed, a futon, and a table. It looked extremely simple. Above the futon, there was a painting hanging on the wall. On it was just a word "quiet".

The old Taoist priest was sitting on the cushion with his eyes closed, muttering something, obviously doing his homework.

When Taoist Jingming saw this, he didn't dare to disturb them at all, and the two of them waited quietly.

The old Taoist priest opened his eyes only after he finished reciting the scriptures. A ray of light flashed across his eyes.

"Jingming, please go out first!"

"Yes!"

Jingming bowed his head and saluted the old Taoist priest, then turned around, closed the door and left.

"This layman, if the old Taoist priest is not mistaken, you should be a public servant, right?"

After Taoist Jingming left, the old Taoist turned his gaze to Zhou Tian and asked.

"Master, you have good eyesight. I am indeed a public servant!"

Zhou Tian smiled and did not argue. After all, he had no master in Chinese martial arts and was not considered a member of the Chinese martial arts world. In addition, he had already joined the National Investigation Department, so he was naturally considered a public servant.

"I didn't expect that after all these years, our sects have been in a period of lack of successors, but the government actually has a master like you, ah!"

The old Taoist sighed and looked at Zhou Tian.

"Although I don't know how powerful you are now, you pose a great threat to me. That's why I asked you to come here!"

After that, he stood up from the mat, first explained the reason for inviting Zhou Tian here, then opened the door and said, "If you don't mind, would you be willing to follow me?"

"Of course!"

In fact, Zhou Tian also wanted to learn about the current situation in the Chinese martial arts world through the old Taoist priest, so there was no reason for him to refuse.

As they spoke, the two of them left the room, one in front and one behind, and came to the yard. Many Taoists passing by saw the old Taoist and stopped to bow to him.

"Head!"

"Okay, no need to be polite!"

The old Taoist waved his hand, took Zhou Tian out of the yard, and went straight to a pavilion.

Looking at the snowy scene at the foot of the mountain, the old Taoist priest slowly said, "I don't know who you learned from. To be honest, although I have seen many young talents over the years, it is rare to see a martial arts master like you who has achieved the unity of man and nature at this level and age!"

"Of course, if the layman doesn't want to say it, he doesn't have to say it!"

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Tian and asked.

"Master, if I say that I have no master and have only relied on a book of Xingyiquan to reach this level, can I trust you?"

Zhou Tian was stunned when he heard this, and told the truth.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, the old Taoist's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and he looked at him with a gaze as sharp as lightning. After a long while, the old Taoist laughed and said, "You are deceiving me, if you don't have a master, you can't practice the hidden force in Chinese martial arts, let alone the obvious force!"

"What the Taoist said is true, but Zhou Tian does not have a master!"

Zhou Tian was not surprised to hear that the old Taoist priest did not believe it. After all, Chinese martial arts were different from other martial arts. In order to break through to a certain level, Chinese martial arts required too many things.

It can be said that the guidance of a master and the medicinal bath are indispensable. It was only because he obtained the lottery function of the novel rebate system that he was able to reach the top in one step and save the first two steps. If he were really an ordinary person, it would be impossible for him to reach his current level without the guidance of a famous teacher.

"Since you won't tell me, I will try it myself!"

Before Zhou Tian finished speaking, the old Taoist priest suddenly stepped forward, stretched out a hand, and grabbed Zhou Tian's hand. Zhou Tian was startled and took two steps back, pushing back with his right hand.

"Why is the Taoist priest like this?"

Even as he said this, his men showed no mercy. They changed their palms into hand knives and chopped at the old Taoist's hand.

"My friend, your changes of tactics are very sharp!"

The old Taoist priest felt Zhou Tian's hand knife, smiled slightly, flipped his palm, and grabbed Zhou Tian's hand knife. Although there was no palm wind, Zhou Tian felt that there was an invisible wave in the opponent's palm.

He knew that if he was caught by the old Taoist's palm, he would fall into an invisible passive situation. He took two steps back again, and his knife hand suddenly turned into a fist.

The strength was restrained, and when the fists and palms intersected, an invisible wave spread out in all directions.

"boom!"

A slight roar was heard, and the entire pavilion seemed to be shaken by invisible waves.

Zhou Tian couldn't help but feel a powerful force coming from the old Taoist's palm, which broke his strength and instantly rushed into his body.

"What a powerful old Taoist priest!"

Zhou Tian suddenly exerted force on his feet to dissolve the force that was being transmitted.

"Crack!"

With a sound of stone slabs popping, several cracks instantly appeared on the stone slabs in the pavilion.

"it is good!"

The old Taoist priest naturally saw everything Zhou Tian did. He couldn't help but shout, stepped forward again, took a step forward with his hands slightly open, and attacked Zhou Tian again.

A strong gust of wind accompanied by the old Taoist's hands slapped towards Zhou Tian's chest.

"Old Taoist priest, there is no need to do this!"

When Zhou Tian saw the old Taoist's actions, he was even more frightened and did not dare to be negligent at all. He punched out with both fists and hit the old Taoist's palms. With the strength of the old Taoist's palms, he retreated more than ten steps before stopping.

He originally thought that the old Taoist priest would pursue him, but when he saw him retreat again, he did not take a step forward. Instead, he stopped, looked at him, shook his head and said, "Wrong, wrong! It's the old Taoist priest who is wrong!"

"Wrong, what's wrong?"

The old Taoist priest's words immediately made Zhou Tian suspicious. After all, he didn't expect that the old Taoist priest would suddenly attack him, and now suddenly stop.

"I originally thought you were the one behind the trouble on the mountain today, but now it seems that I was wrong!"

Upon hearing this, the old Taoist shook his head and smiled bitterly.

The old Taoist's words immediately made Zhou Tian speechless. You know, he has nothing to do with Wudang, and no grudges between them, so how could he do such a thing.

"Old Taoist priest, I am a public servant. It is impossible for me to break the law knowingly. You don't suspect that I am the one behind this, do you?"

"Government? Aren't there any bad people in the government?"

Unexpectedly, the old Taoist's face changed, and he said with resentment. Then he seemed to remember something angry, and looked at Zhou Tian with a hint of unkindness.

"I really don't know what you are thinking. A master of dark energy actually joined the government. This is simply a disgrace to the national martial arts community!"

"Old Taoist priest, I don't know what misunderstandings you have about the government, but what I want to say is that I don't think there is anything wrong with me joining the government!"

Zhou Tian listened to the old Taoist's words and immediately refuted them. At the same time, he had a lot of doubts in his heart. He didn't know why these martial arts masters were so dissatisfied with the government? But this involved his position, and he naturally would not allow the old Taoist to slander him.

(End of this chapter)