Don't farm, cultivate immortality!

The two "demon kings" paid no attention to him, and were simply confronting the old Taoist priest.

The atmosphere was unusually calm, but Da Chun shouted and followed them out from behind, breaking the silence.

"No unauthorized personnel allowed!"

Da Chun stubbornly reached out to the boy and girl, determined to pull them back.

Just like last time, Da Chun suddenly fell to the side again, without even touching anyone, and ended up tumbling over on his back.

This time he fainted, his eyes closed as if he were sleeping peacefully, and he suddenly became quiet.

Mr. Wu's smoking motion suddenly stopped. He hadn't seen what had just happened or when it happened.

He frowned, and a disciple beside him was about to draw his sword and rush forward, but the old Taoist stretched out his hand and stopped him.

"Who are you?" the boy asked the old Taoist priest.

“A Taoist priest,” the old Taoist said.

Have we met before?

"This must be the first time we've met."

“That’s right, I’m not here to see you,” the boy said. “Move aside, don’t block the way, we’re going inside to find someone.”

"Whom are you looking for?" The old Taoist priest had no intention of backing down.

“I’ve forgotten,” the boy said. “But I remember his scent. I can smell him now. Oh dear, I haven’t had meat in ages. Just thinking about him makes me hungry. I have to find him right away.”

The boy patted his belly, looking like he wanted more.

The disciples nearby held their breath. Judging from these words, this demon was clearly coming to eat people!

"Bai, why are you wasting your breath talking to him? We're not here to see him anymore. If you're not leaving, I'm leaving."

The girl was very impatient and was about to take a step forward.

"This is a sacred place for our Taoist sect, and I'm afraid we cannot allow you to pass through."

The old Taoist priest shook his head and blocked her path.

The disciples nearby drew their swords, convinced that the demon before them was no good and had come specifically to cause trouble.

The girl ignored all of this and insisted on moving forward. But as soon as she took a step, a mysterious fire blocked her way. The fire was blazing white, and when it was released, even the blue stone bricks there were melted and turned red.

The girl stopped in her tracks. Her black pupils contracted inward, becoming sharper and narrower, turning into snake-like vertical pupils. Her pupils showed a faint golden hue. Anyone who saw her eyes felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their whole body covered in goosebumps, and their limbs seemed to be frozen, making it difficult to move freely.

"Qing, what's the rush?"

At that moment, the boy grasped the girl's wrist.

The old Taoist priest frowned. He was old and his memory wasn't as good as before, but he felt that these two people gave him a sense of familiarity, even though this was indeed their first time meeting.

Where had he heard of these two people, or in which book had he read about them?

He tried hard to recall, but everything that happened there was clearly seen by the red panda who was having a date with the tabby cat in a rooftop attic.

The tabby cat was startled when there was a commotion and ran away. Before it left, it bit the bear's neck, as if trying to pull the bear away with it, but the bear did not follow the tabby cat. It turned around and ran in another direction.

Two scary guys have come up the mountain. Shoumu felt he had to hurry and tell the king to pack his things and run away.

As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood!

Tell the king to run away quickly. After informing the king, it will go find Er Ya.

It nimbly darted across the roof tiles and sped back to its nest.

Chapter 306 Your Majesty, Something terrible has happened!

Zhuang Xing sat in his study. He had borrowed old files from Xuanqing Temple from Qiluzhai from thirty years ago. These files recorded in detail what happened each year, such as which disciples went down the mountain to exorcise demons, who went out, what kind of demons they exorcised, whether any accidents happened along the way, and how many days they went before returning. All of this was written down clearly.

Zhuang Xing took notes as he read, extracting key data. A lot of information could be obtained from these files, such as statistics on the most common and harmful monsters in the vicinity, and which area's people most frequently encountered monsters.

In more modern terms, he is collecting big data and analyzing the monster communities around Yidu over the past thirty years and the various changes in these communities. He has already made some preliminary research results. For example, he discovered that the most common man-eating and harming monsters in the past thirty years are the Hooked Snake and the Water Ghost.

Both of these are aquatic monsters. Yidu has abundant water flow, which is perfect for their survival and reproduction. However, in the past five years, there have been fewer cases of hook snakes and water ghosts. This is probably because the weather is too cold, and hook snakes and water ghosts cannot withstand the severe cold.

Perhaps they migrated to the warmer south, or perhaps they died of hunger and cold, or perhaps their population dwindled significantly.

He spends some time every day organizing these materials; before doing anything, he must have a clear understanding of the situation.

A vague question can be confusing. For example, asking someone to fill the basket after he leaves is very vague. But if you shift the focus to something else, such as how to make the sect stronger or how to make the surrounding monsters less threatening, you can come up with many ideas.

He took this matter very seriously, spending all his leisure time pondering it. Apart from meditation and meals, he spent most of his time in his study. But today, he had only been sitting down for a short while when he heard shouts coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

The little panda crawled into Zhuang Xing's study from the windowsill.

To the left of the desk, there is a half-open bamboo window, a small window. On the opposite side of the wall, there is a large window. Because summer has arrived and there are more mosquitoes, he only opened the small window.

The large window was big enough for a panda to come and go freely, but the small window was a bit cramped for the panda's chubby body. Even Shoumu, who wasn't fat, was stuck in the middle and could only squeeze half of his body through.

Zhuang Xing put down his homemade charcoal pencil and looked into Shou Mu's eyes.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" Shoumu reported.

Shoumu squinted and tried to squeeze in, but it got stuck in the middle with no foothold. It swung its claws a few times as if it were practicing swimming, and then drooped down limply.

"You don't look too good right now."

Zhuang Xing reached out, opened the window wider, and then "pulled" the little guy out of the hole.

He remained calm and unhurried, unlike pandas who, lacking experience, tend to overreact.

When they first came up the mountain, they saw a goat and they all cried out that something bad had happened, saying that someone had brought up a monster with long horns.

It's much better now; I don't hear them yelling as much.

But Zhuang Xing was already used to the shouts, so he thought that Shou Mu was probably wrong. At most, Er Ya had run away with another cat, and nothing more could have happened.

"Your Majesty, let's pack our things and run!" Shoumu was unusually serious today. "Two terrifying people have come up the mountain. They've started fighting and set fires!"

"A fight broke out?"

Are there people fighting on the mountain? And setting fires?

"Where did the fight start?" Zhuang Xing asked quickly.

He thought that perhaps the disciples were practicing combat. One of the classes for Qing Sui disciples was to fight with real swords and spears. Zhuang Xing had taken this class before, but at that time only he and Yun Ling were beginners, so the commotion was not too big. They just sparred with their elders for a few moments.

But things are different now than they were back then. Da Chun and the others have all grown up. If they were to attend this class, it would probably cause quite a commotion.

He thought there shouldn't be anyone causing trouble on the mountain, but the panda then said, "They fought over the incense burning area, it was terrifying!"

"The old man with the candy in his bag was there too; he's the one who started the fire."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Xing knew something was seriously wrong. It was Master Qingxuzi fighting with someone. Could it be that an enemy had come looking for trouble? Or was someone deliberately trying to cause trouble?

As he left the study, he held the teddy bear and asked it a few questions in detail.

Upon hearing that the visitors were a boy and a girl, and that the children were demons in human form, he thought of the two attendants under Yinglong's throne.

Could it be that they've come looking for me? When I left the snow mountain last year, Mr. Bai said he would come to see me when he had time.

He told Mr. Bai to go to the inn at the foot of the mountain. The inn was easy to find; it was right at the foot of the mountain, just inside the town. He had already taken care of the senior brothers and sisters who were in charge of guarding the inn, saying that if a boy who called himself Bai mentioned his name and came looking for him, then he was an old friend of his.

Please make sure that person is settled in beforehand, then come up the mountain to inform him so he can come down to greet you.

He had already paid for the room, food and lodging expenses in advance, so why didn't anyone come to tell him?

Did Mr. Bai skip the inn and come straight up the mountain?

Zhuang Xing was a little confused. He remembered that he and Mr. Bai had clearly explained things to each other, but he didn't expect the other party to be so forgetful. He didn't take his words to heart, and only remembered the Xuanqing Temple. He even forgot his name. He put on his shoes and went out the door, happily preparing to freeload a meal.

He only heard what the panda said, but he didn't know what had happened. If they were really the two he had seen in the snow mountain, they shouldn't be so nervous.

How did they end up fighting?

That doesn't make sense...

Zhuang Xing felt that something had gone wrong, so he quickly ran outside. Yan Huai'an was wearing a straw hat to shield himself from the sun and carrying a watering can, watering the cucumber vines in the yard. Several pandas were lying comfortably under the eaves, their bellies exposed.

Everything was peaceful and serene, except for Zhuang Xing's hurried footsteps.

"Sister Yan, it seems Mr. Bai and Miss Qing have arrived," Zhuang Xing said. "I need to go out and see. Sister Yan, why don't you come with me?"

Although the panda is usually silly and sometimes talks nonsense, this kind of thing cannot be taken lightly. Those two are at least great demons who have cultivated for four hundred years. This is just the most conservative estimate. After all, they were in the snow mountain before Yan Huai'an was picked up by Yinglong.

Even before the Longmen Temple declined, they could transform into human form. Even now, when they sleep and lie flat on the snow mountain every day, they are still far superior to ordinary demons. We cannot afford to make any mistakes.

After listening to his words, Yan Huai'an paused for a moment before putting down the kettle and straw hat.

Zhuang Xing called her to go out together. Although she didn't know why she had to go out just because those two people had come, she still went out.

Zhuang Xing was eager to check the situation. Fearing that the bear had given him the wrong directions, he asked the bear to lead the way. In the distance, he saw a powerful surge of true qi.

When he arrived, he saw Master Wu standing in front of the crowd, holding a pipe in his hand, and taking a puff of his pipe with a nonchalant air. Opposite Master Wu were Bai and Qing, whom he had seen in the snow mountain. For some reason, they actually started fighting with the Taoists, and the disciples around them drew their swords.

Chapter 307 The Higher You Climb, the Colder It Gets

For some reason, Master Wu ended up at the very front.

All I remember is that the demon girl, who had just transformed into a demon, had an angry expression on her face and was revealing her true form. The boy next to her then took the girl's hand and said to Daoist Qingxuzi, "I think there must be some misunderstanding between us. Why don't we each take a step back, calm down, and then talk things out properly?"

Compared to the girl who didn't distinguish right from wrong, this boy seemed very polite.

Putting the girl aside for now, the boy seemed to be used to interacting with people. He bowed like a wandering Taoist priest, and didn't look like a demon at all.

There are very few demons like him. That girl is more like a demon. Demons are beasts. Even if they transform into humans, they can hardly get rid of their animal nature. They mostly act according to their own joys and sorrows, without considering others or having any empathy.

Seeing that the boy seemed to be able to speak, and glancing at Da Chun beside him, who, though unconscious, was already snoring, the old Taoist priest raised his whisk and gestured for his disciples to take a step back.

Master Wu recalled what had happened a moment earlier; yes, that was roughly what happened.

He was smoking at the time and didn't expect that he would be just a step too late and end up in front of everyone.

The girl was frowning at him, while the boy was smiling at him. Several pairs of eyes were also watching him from behind. If he hadn't fallen, he would have become the focus of everyone's attention.

The girl glared at him and snorted coldly.

She seemed to be in a bad mood. Although the boy pulled her back, the two sides almost came to blows just now. She was probably itching to fight.

But Master Wu had no intention of fighting with her. Not long ago, he had made an appointment with Master Qingxuzi to go fishing in the lake on the first day of the next lunar month. He had just gotten two reinforced fishing rods and was excitedly planning to show them off to Master Qingxuzi. How could he have imagined that something like this would happen?