Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Complete two rounds of the Eight Pieces of Brocade.

Erzhuang stood still, head tilted back, looking at the sky, motionless.

Xia He leaned closer, squatted down, and followed her gaze upwards, asking softly, "What are you looking at, Er Zhuang?"

Erzhuang murmured, "Sister, how come I never noticed before... how blue and bright the sky is?"

Cheng Mo scratched his face beside him.

I remembered that Duoduo and the others had similar feelings before.

That's strange, I don't feel any change.

He clapped his hands to bring Erzhuang's attention back: "Erzhuang, let's continue practicing the Vajra Kung Fu."

Erzhuang snapped out of his daze and nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Cheng Mo placed his hand on her shoulder and guided her Qi through another full cycle: "The Vajra Skill is similar to the Eight Pieces of Brocade, but it's more powerful. You could say it's a supplement and upgrade to the Eight Pieces of Brocade. Try to feel it."

The Qi flowed through Er Zhuang's body faster and more intensely than before.

Erzhuang's face turned slightly red.

Xia He looked a little worried: "Little Taoist priest, aren't you being too hasty?"

Cheng Mo shook his head: "It's alright, we're all from the same lineage."

Xia He reminded her, "You didn't teach Duo Duo and the others this fast back then." The progress was like a snail's pace.

"Duoduo and the others had their very humanity eroded back then, so of course we have to take it slowly," Cheng Mo said calmly. "Erzhuang is different, and I can now sense Qi myself, so I can completely control the progress."

Xia He nodded: "Okay, let's do it together."

The pink mist spread out again, enveloping the three of them.

Cheng Mo's lips curled up in a smile.

What Xia He didn't know was that her Qi mist was the source of his confidence in continuously teaching her. With this pink Qi mist, their Qi could influence, interact, and guide each other.

This is the fundamental reason why Erzhuang won't have any problems learning two sets of exercises consecutively.

After completing one round of Vajra Kung Fu, Er Zhuang was already sweating and breathing a little rapidly.

Cheng Mo concluded, "That's enough for today."

He remembered something: "Erzhuang, when do you guys start school? Schools in Shaanxi have already started."

Erzhuang wiped his sweat: "Kindergarten has started, but I'm in elementary school now~ hehe."

Cheng Mo suddenly realized, "So he's a genius at the elementary school level, no wonder."

Erzhuang blushed and waved his little hands, "Oh dear, I'm not some great genius."

Xia He patted Cheng Mo on the shoulder: "You keep saying weird things."

She took Erzhuang's hand: "Come on, Erzhuang, let's go home, call your sister, and let's go shopping."

Cheng Mo waved his hand: "I won't stay with you. I have to go up the mountain to see my martial uncle."

Xia He was taken aback: "Huh? Didn't you just go there yesterday?"

"I didn't go to my martial uncle's place yesterday," Cheng Mo said. "I went to the mountain god temple instead."

Xia He asked疑惑地问道：“Why did you go to the mountain god temple again? Did you find something?”

Cheng Mo shook his head and then nodded: "Someone set a trap there, and the mountain god temple collapsed."

Xia He shrugged: "So what if it collapsed? It's not like we caused it."

She suddenly remembered, "Wait a minute, the mountain god temple isn't far from the city, is it? I called you yesterday, but it was out of service area."

Cheng Mo was stunned: "Is that so? I called Master from the mountain and it went through..."

He suddenly realized: "Oh, it might be due to the Qi formation. The natural Qi is disordered, affecting the stability of the signal."

Xia He didn't understand what he was saying, and she didn't care to know now: "Alright, alright, you go ahead, I'm going shopping with Er Zhuang and the others."

Cheng Mo waved his hand, took the motorcycle out of his pouch, hopped on, twisted the throttle, and drove off with a whoosh.

Xia He watched the motorcycle disappear into the distance, then suddenly clapped her hands: "Oh dear!"

Erzhuang looked up at her: "What's wrong, sister?"

"We should have the young Taoist priest lead us into the city," Xia He said.

Erzhuang pointed to the stadium: "There are cars in that stadium."

"But we don't have the key."

"I called my dad; he can get the keys."

Xia He waved her hand: "Forget it, let's walk back. We can take a taxi if we see one on the way. Consider it a form of body training."

Erzhuang's eyes lit up.

She hasn't traveled that far before.

"Okay! We'll walk back, not take a car~"

……

One hour later.

Erzhuang looked miserable; his short legs could barely move.

"Sister, how about... we take a taxi? I ​​just saw several taxis drive by."

Xia He chuckled, "Erzhuang, didn't you say you weren't going to take the car?"

Erzhuang admitted defeat: "I'm sorry, sister, I overestimated myself just now."

Xia He laughed loudly: "Haha~ Let's get in the car~"

She was just teasing the child; she wasn't really going to make the little guy suffer without any real hardship.

……

Changbai Mountain.

Cheng Mo arrived outside Cheng Huihui's cave again.

This time, he didn't need to use the Qimen Dunjia formation to break the array. A large rat emerged from the grass, squeaked twice at him, and then turned and went back inside.

Cheng Mo followed it through a maze of twists and turns, and soon saw the stele in front of the cave.

If you keep going up, you'll soon reach the valley.

Cheng Huihui was lying on the armchair, her tail wagging. When she saw Cheng Mo come in, she said, "I was just looking for you, and here you are."

Cheng Mo walked over and sat down on a nearby rock: "Uncle-Master, did you need something from me?"

"No rush." ​​Cheng Huihui waved his paw. "Tell me about your business first. You can't have come up the mountain just to see this old mouse, can you?"

After thinking about it, Cheng Mo decided not to tell Cheng Huihui about taking him back to Liangyi Temple, lest the big rat get too emotional and lose sleep.

We'll talk about it after the matter of the demon sword is settled.

He said, "I just want to ask, what grudge do you have against that snake, Uncle-Master?"

Cheng Huihui said "Oh," and added, "That thing, we don't have any major grudges against it."

Cheng Mo: "..."

"No way, you killed the snake before saying there's no major grudge?"

Cheng Huihui said matter-of-factly, "It's because he's dead that we have no more grudges."

Cheng Mo: "..."

Seeing his expression, Cheng Huihui chuckled, wagging its tail even more enthusiastically, and stopped teasing him: "When I first came to this area, that guy tried to stop me. We fought several times, but I couldn't do anything to him."

He wagged his tail: "Later, it was only after Grandfather Hu spoke up that the stupid snake calmed down for a while. So I built my own cave here. I also followed the example of other immortals and recruited a few disciples, who were then placed in Shi Hua's shrine."

"Unexpectedly, that stupid snake caused trouble while I was doing my business and even killed several of my rat disciples."

Cheng Huihui looked at Cheng Mo: "Do you think I should take it or not?"

Cheng Mo nodded vigorously: "Absolutely!"

He thought for a moment, then asked, "But Uncle-Master, aren't you worried that the other snakes will seek revenge?"

Cheng Huihui flicked its tail: "I was definitely worried when I first came here, but things are different now. I'm not bragging, but in this Changbai Mountain area, there are more than five fingers that can count the number of people stronger than me. Among that group of stupid snakes, only Liu Kunsheng is a bit stronger than me; the others are no match for me at all."

Cheng Mo gave a thumbs up: "Uncle-Master is truly gifted."

Cheng Huihui chuckled, wagging its tail: "You probably have some talent. But what's more important is following the right people and staying in the right place."

He pointed around: "I have some rat disciples in this cave who are more talented than I was back then. But even now, they are still far from my level. Changbai Mountain is ultimately not as good as our Zhongnan Mountain, and I am also far inferior to the old Taoist priest."

Cheng Mo, however, had a question: "Uncle-Master, I don't quite understand. Aren't animal cultivation supposed to absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and gather the celestial and terrestrial essence to strengthen the primordial spirit? How come you're different?"

Cheng Huihui thought for a moment and said, "I'm really different. Maybe it's because I grew up in our Liangyi Temple."