Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 155: Must Not Stay
Between the vast mountains, there is a surging river.

In the quiet early morning, a figure flew quickly across the mountains.

After climbing over several mountains and reaching the bank of a wide river, the man stopped.

Yang Heng turned around and looked around, exhaled: "Finally returned to Wu."

Before that, he took a Wu merchant ship back to Wu along the river, and encountered an inspection by the Anguo government halfway.

Although no evidence was found, it passed inspection and was released smoothly.

But Yang Heng felt uneasy, so he abandoned the boat and asked some of his subordinates to disperse and return to Wu State. The rest of the people continued to sail down the river as bait.

Now Yang Heng didn’t know the situation of the merchant ship, whether it had returned to Wu or had been detained by the An people for some reason.

Yang Heng shook his head and stopped thinking about these things.

He took out a talisman and threw it directly into the river.

The talisman turned into a stream of light and disappeared in an instant.

After a while, a golden figure came walking on the waves from a distance.

"God Jiang!" Yang Heng bowed to the person who came.

"Lord Yang, one of my divine thoughts was destroyed by someone. Do you know why?" Wujiang Water God said lightly.

Yang Heng's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he quickly asked, "Which one?"

Wujiang Water God said, "The rest of the divine thoughts have all returned, except for the one that went to Changchuan County with you. I was too far away from that divine thought to sense it immediately. I think Lord Yang should know the inside story, right?"

"This……"

Yang Heng's face turned ugly. He had always thought that the divine thought had avoided him, but it was actually destroyed?
The previously disappeared bamboo slips contained the aura of Lu Zheng, which made Yang Heng determine that it was Lu Zheng's work.

But Yang Heng never expected that the thing could actually destroy Jiang Shen's divine consciousness.

Wujiang Water God looked at Yang Heng, frowning slightly, "Why, Lord Yang doesn't know about this?"

Yang Heng took a deep breath and shook his head, saying, "It's not that I don't know, I just find it a little unbelievable. I'm afraid Jiang Shen won't believe it."

"Tell me about it." Wu Jiangshuishendao.

Yang Heng had no choice but to tell everything that had happened to him.

Wu Jiang Water God's expression changed after hearing this. "You must have been exposed... That scroll of bamboo slips must be some kind of offensive consumable artifact."

Wenqi, which are objects that are imbued with literary spirit and have spirituality, can be called Wenqi. They are suitable for use by Confucian and Taoist scholars and are similar to magical instruments and spiritual instruments.

Yang Heng nodded and said, "That's my guess too."

He had acted cautiously before and had not touched the bamboo slips. He had no idea of the situation and could only make some guesses.

Jiang Shen asked doubtfully again, "But are you sure it was done by that scholar named Lu Zheng? A scholar who has just entered the scholar realm cannot instantly destroy my divine consciousness."

Yang Heng said, "That aura is definitely his. Maybe there's something special about that bamboo scroll."

Yang Heng was also a little confused, but he couldn't find a more reasonable explanation.

Jiang Shen's face darkened as he spoke, "No matter what, our plan has been exposed. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it in the future... As for that Lu Zheng, report the matter. This person had the audacity to give you a gift in order to destroy my divine consciousness. His behavior is extraordinary and he is not a normal person. He must not be allowed to stay!"

"God Jiang is absolutely right." Yang Heng whispered.

He gave Lu Zheng a gift with good intentions, hoping to befriend and win over Lu Zheng, but ended up being tricked by the other party.

After being slapped in the face like this, how could he have the nerve to make friends with Lu Zheng again?
Lu Zheng... Yang Heng was furious and had already written Lu Zheng down on a list in his mind.

However, this man and god did not understand. It was obvious that they were the ones who secretly started the trouble and absorbed Lu Zheng's power of will. Otherwise, how could things have developed to this point?
……

In the mountains, Bai Fei led Lu Zheng and others through dense forests to the location of the mountain stronghold.

Qing Wan sat on Lu Zheng's shoulders, directing two little bean soldiers to crawl all over Lu Zheng's body.

If you didn't look carefully, you would think there were bugs crawling on Lu Zheng's clothes.

In just a short period of time, Qing Wan mastered the trick of turning beans into soldiers.

She can now even command a bean soldier to explore the nearby situation. As long as the distance is not too far, she can use it to sense the surrounding environment.

This kind of spell is tailor-made for Qing Wan.

However, this spell is incomplete and cannot reach the exaggerated level as described in the legend.

The group walked very fast, and with Bai Fei leading the way, they saved a lot of time.

Soon, Bai Fei climbed up a mountain and stopped.

He looked back at Lu Zheng and the others, then pointed to a mountain not far away.

“The cottage is right there!”

Lu Zheng and his companions looked in the direction Bai Fei pointed, and vaguely saw some buildings hidden in the woods.

Lu Zheng looked closely and observed carefully, and found a narrow road leading up the mountain.

The mountain stronghold hidden in the mountains and forests is composed of houses built of stones, and there are also several watchtowers, which are highly defensive.

There were even people walking around patrolling, and those patrolling were armed and very vigilant.

Bai Fei whispered, "I can only take you here. Please feel free to do whatever you want."

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Thank you for leading the way, sir."

As he spoke, Lu Zheng smiled and took out a spirit stone and handed it to Bai Fei.

Bai Fei's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly shook his head and said, "I can't accept it. You treated me to delicious meat last night, how can I accept anything else?"

Bai Fei waved his hand to refuse, and then said, "The people in that mountain village are not easy to deal with. I saw someone get close to a monster before. They must have some abilities..."

Bai Fei suddenly remembered that Lu Zheng could fight his own king barehanded, so he didn't seem to need any reminders. "We'll be careful," Lu Zheng nodded.

Bai Fei clasped his fists and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, Bai Fei flashed away and disappeared into the dense forest.

Lu Zheng took a look and then turned to look at the village.

He whispered, "This stronghold doesn't look easy to enter. We need to send someone to investigate the situation first."

"I'll go!" Li Zhaoxing said anxiously.

Zhang Bo couldn't help but say, "Brother Li, you're not very steady. Leave this matter to me."

"I'll go!" Qingwan raised her hand.

Seeing everyone rushing to get ahead, Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then Qingwan, go ahead. You be careful and make sure not to alarm anyone..."

Lu Zheng gave Qing Wan some instructions.

Qingwan's face was serious and solemn as she wrote down what Lu Zheng said.

Then, she ran towards the village, her small figure hidden in the grass and trees, making it difficult to distinguish.

Li Zhao said with a sigh, "Brother Lu, you really trust her to go. Such a little girl..."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "She is very capable. This kind of thing is suitable for her to do."

When he was in the peach blossom forest with Qing Wan before, Lu Zheng had witnessed some of Qing Wan's methods.

Qing Wan's ability to hide is not bad. When she goes to explore such a stronghold, there will be no danger as long as there are no powerful formations or people inside.

Since Qingwan is with me, I should let her gain more experience.

Lu Zheng said, "Take a rest, gather your strength, and wait for news."

After hearing this, several people found a place to sit down and rest.

Qingwan jogged all the way and soon arrived outside the village.

When we got closer, we found that the dense trees in the mountains were actually some distance away from the village.

There is an open space around the village, and a high stone wall surrounds the entire village.

If an outsider comes outside the village, he will be discovered by the people on the watchtower at a glance.

Qing Wan observed for a while and then sneaked under the stone wall.

She is so small that no one would pay attention to her at all.

When they reached the foot of the wall, a few grass stems emerged from Qingwan's body and she quickly climbed over to the mountain village.

She hid herself in the bushes again and headed towards the center of the village.

Qing Wan wrote down the environment of every place she passed by, and planned to go back and tell Lu Zheng later.

Occasionally she would meet a few people passing by on the roadside.

These people all gave off a smell that she didn't like, and it was obvious that they were not good people.

When they arrived at a large courtyard in the center, Qing Wan sensed several powerful auras.

Seeing this, she opened her mouth and spat out a pea.

The little pea turned into a little bean soldier in a blink of an eye, then sneaked into the compound, exploring carefully along the way.

Several people gathered around the stone table in the yard.

A tall, burly man with a scarred face sat there, his expression gloomy and uncertain. "It's already the end of the month, and no one's come to trade yet?"

"To report back to the boss, we haven't received it yet... We are still keeping those beads." said a short, thin and strong middle-aged man.

The scarred man looked unhappy. He had reached a bottleneck in his practice and needed some medicinal pills to help him.

As a result, no one came to trade the Yang Juzhu that had been prepared during this period.

"Do you have any elixirs for cultivation?" The scarred man looked at the people present.

"I'm done with this."

"I still have two pills here, but they are for healing."

"Me too."

Several people spoke up one after another, saying that they were also practicing cultivation on a daily basis, so how could they have left behind any elixirs?

The scarred man frowned, wondering whether he should send someone to the state capital to buy some pills.

In a small place like Changchuan County, it is difficult to buy elixirs suitable for his cultivation, except for that person who would trade some high-quality elixirs with them.

Suddenly, Scarface turned his head and looked somewhere. He felt as if he was being stared at by someone.

But when I looked closely, I found nothing.

Qing Wan, who was outside the yard, was startled. She did not try to control the little bean soldier, but let it lie in the grass and turn into an ordinary bean, then she sneaked away.

She tiptoed to other places, and when she passed a yard, she felt a faint movement coming from underground.

Seeing that there was no one around, Qing Wan quietly entered the yard and controlled a small bean soldier to find the source of the noise.

Not long after, Qing Wan discovered a small hole in the corner of the ground, and a little breath was coming out of it.

She drove the bean soldiers directly over, then suddenly fell into the ground and came to a dark space.

In the space, there were breathing sounds coming from some weak people.

(End of this chapter)