One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 93 92: A worthy death
Sun Chengze returned home and went straight to his aunt's room.

His aunt Sun Kerui was sitting cross-legged on the training bed, her dark red dress with large patterns spread out on the bed. She was sitting in the dark room, making her look extremely mysterious.

"Aunt, aunt..."

Sun Chengze trotted into the house.

"Chengze, what's the matter?" Sun Kerui opened her eyes and frowned slightly. In her heart, she wanted Sun Chengze to be steady, to revive the Sun family in the future, and to become a qualified head of the family. So seeing Sun Chengze like this now, she couldn't help but feel unhappy.

"Aunt, classes at Daoziyuan have been suspended!" Sun Chengze announced the result before he even stood still.

"Classes suspended? Why?" Sun Kerui said.

"I don't know. The Taoist master said that he will inform everyone later when the class will start again. Moreover, the Taoist master also told us to leave Guangyuan Prefecture if we can, but if we really cannot leave, we should try not to go out before the class starts." Sun Chengze asked.

"Have you seen the teacher?" Sun Kerui asked, her heart tightening.

"I saw him sitting in the Binghuo Hall. It was raining today and the light was bad, so I couldn't see clearly, but it felt like something happened." Sun Chengze said.

Sun Kerui frowned even more. After the Sun family fell into decline, she no longer had first-hand information about what happened in Guangyuan Prefecture.

"Don't wander around the house. I'll go get some information."

Sun Kerui stood up and walked out. She felt that something might have happened and she had to find out.

……

When Zhao Fuyun entered Daoziyuan, there were already people watching outside the courtyard. It could even be said that he was followed from the moment he left the government office. Although it was not done openly, there was no intention of hiding either.

The people who were monitoring outside waited until the Taoist disciples left normally, and then they saw four disciples from Tiandu Mountain come out.

Under their surveillance, two of them went towards Tiandu Mountain, two went towards Fen River, and the others did not come out.

……

Jinshanlou is a restaurant. It is not very big in Guangyuan Prefecture and its customer flow is not particularly large, but it has been open here for more than 20 years.

Few people in Guangyuan Prefecture know that the owner of this restaurant once practiced in the lower courtyard of Tiandu Mountain.

During the days of preparation for leaving the mountain, Zhao Fuyun went to Wuliangyuan again and asked about some things, including the matter of passing on information. Deputy Dean Fei Yu said that if it was not a very urgent matter, he could go to Jinshan Tower.

Before, he had sent a message to the mountain, saying that the Taoist temple needed a Taoist master to give lectures, and it was through the Jinshan Tower that he passed the message.

The owner of Jinshan Tower was named Wan Qingchu. He was sitting in the house practicing. Because it was raining, the sky was a little dark, so he lit a lamp on the table in the house, and he sat on the bed in the darkness.

Although it was difficult for him to further improve his magical powers, his daily meditation made him feel that his mind was at peace and he felt very comfortable.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw a person squeezing in through the crack of his door. When he saw the person's face clearly, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

Because that person turned out to be his own son, both his face and his walking posture were lifelike.

However, he knew that his son was still studying in Daozi Academy. It was impossible for him to come back at this time, let alone come in this way.

If not for this, he would hardly be able to tell whether this was his son or not.

Wan Qingchu narrowed his eyes, his hand already on the hilt of the sword on the bedside, and said in a deep voice: "I wonder which master came here to entertain me?"

The man took out a letter from his pocket and placed it on the table. "Please help me pass this letter back to the mountain. There will be thanks in the mountain later."

When Wan Qingchu heard this, he took his hand off the hilt of the sword, because he probably knew who it was. When he got off the bed, he immediately asked, "What happened?"

But the other party did not answer him. Instead, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the flame. In just a moment, his hand began to burn.

Wan Qingchu saw his "son's" face, which looked distorted in pain as if it had been burned, and his heart was inexplicably touched.

Although he knew that this was not his son but a paper man, he felt a sense of fear when he saw that the paper man still retained his son's face before it turned into ashes.

Watching the ashes with flames falling in the air.

But in his mind, he imagined his son being burned in flames. He wondered if this was a potential threat.

He picked up the letter on the table and wanted to open it to read it, but after thinking it over, he did not move and went to the backyard.

He kept a magical crane at home that could travel back and forth in Tiandu Mountain.

He let Linghe take the letter away, then returned to the house. When his son came back, without waiting for him to speak, his son told him what the Taoist masters had said.

Wan Qingchu frowned, he knew that these words could only be decided by the new instructor Zhao Fuyun.

After thinking it over again and again, he decided to wait a little longer. After all, there was nothing to do now.

……

Zhao Fuyun had already lit up the lights in the entire Taoist temple, so it was quite bright even at night.

There were eight more people in front of him.

Everyone was looking at Zhao Fuyun sitting there in deep thought. They didn't know what Zhao Fuyun was thinking. To them, Zhou Chun was killed here, so they would report it to the mountain and everything would be handled by the mountain. Facing the entire Guangyuan Prefecture, both they and the upper house disciple Zhao Fuyun in front of them were powerless.

So they thought they just had to wait until someone came from the mountains.

But Zhao Fuyun was thinking of something else. Zhou Chun once expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the aristocratic family in the mountains. He felt at the time that this person was prone to get into trouble because he could not hide what was in his heart.

This time he came here with me to carry out the mountain gate mission, but he died just like that.

No one would say that this death was caused by the mountain family. After all, since he came here, the cause and context of the matter were very clear.

He even felt that Zhou Chun's death was related to the fact that he had the people from the mountain sent to Daoziyuan. After all, so many people from Tiandu Mountain came to Daoziyuan to become Taoist masters, which stimulated Guangyuan Prefecture. Zhou Chun, who was patrolling outside, had no idea of the extent of the intensification of the conflict.

But on the other hand, it can be said that he deserved it. He came here with a mission, but in the process of carrying out the mission, he was unable to control his body and mind. This was naturally a way to seek death.

That's why he felt a little scared.

He felt that Shanli wanted to take over Guangyuan Prefecture. Although Shanli had never told him so, he felt that it was the case. At least it was definitely not as it seemed on the surface, just to help the Great Zhou Kingdom establish Daoziyuan.

So, as Guangyuan Prefecture is the closest and most prosperous prefecture to Tiandu Mountain, what excuse does Tiandu Mountain have to forcefully invade?

The life of a foundation-building cultivator from Tiandu Mountain is a good excuse.

All of this made sense, and he couldn't help but wonder, if he died one day, would his death be in the best interest of the mountain?

　The second update. There is one more update, please read it tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)