Chapter 0444 The Trouble with the Chief

Zuo Liuying's few simple words caused more shock than Mu Xingqiu's painstakingly crafted narration, but he had no chance to see the scene behind him. There was a white light in front of his eyes. He was sent out of the flower hall and stood in the forbidden area. Outside.

There were no flower farmers to be seen in the huge academy. The mature spiritual flowers and celestial grasses were in full bloom and declining, showing a faint appearance of decadence. Mu Xingqiu bent down and picked an unknown pure yellow flower from the ground, thinking to himself. Xiuming didn't know how sad he would be if he saw such a scene.

Shen Jixian, the head of the Five Elements Department, appeared in front of Mu Xingqiu using teleportation. He was not as friendly as usual, there was no smile on his face, and his white beard and hair showed a bit of seriousness, "You and Zuo Liuying have discussed this, right? "

"What was discussed?" Mu Xingqiu didn't understand where this question came from.

"He taught you those words and asked you to say them in public, and then he offered to be your protector." Shen Jixian's tone could be said to be aggressive.

Mu Xingqiu shook his head slowly, placed the yellow flower on a complete leaf, and then looked directly into Shen Jixian's eyes, "No, everything I said is from my heart and has nothing to do with Zuo Liuying or anyone else. "

The two looked at each other for a moment. Shen Jixian's expression softened slightly and he sighed, "I really don't understand. Pangshan is in dire straits. It doesn't matter if you and Zuo Liuying don't lend a hand to help, but you actually add insult to injury."

"Where did you start talking about this?" Mu Xingqiu was surprised. It was because he was worried that his behavior might affect Pangshan's revival that he withdrew from the Taoist tradition. He had never had any different intentions.

Shen Jixian was angry when he came, but now he slowly started to trust the young Taoist priest again, "It seems that you are really ignorant. Note that Taoist priests have a special status. According to convention, they usually discuss and decide on the joint actions of the Taoism. There are a total of more than fifty Shen-Zhu Taoist priests in the Nine Avenues, some of whom live in seclusion, and Wangshan is closed. All the remaining Shen-Zhu Taoist priests from the eight Taoist traditions are here, a total of twenty-three. You know that Pangshan accounts for one of them. How many? Two, Grandmaster and Zuo Liuying. The two of them can ensure that Pang Shan will not be at an absolute disadvantage in the negotiation, but Zuo Liuying... Zuo Liuying makes decisions without consulting the Grandmaster, letting outsiders see Pang Shan. It’s even more ridiculous for him to want to be your protector than Shan.”

"I never thought about asking Mr. Zuo to be my protector. He proposed this idea, but I never said I agreed.

Shen Jixian looked at Mu Xingqiu in astonishment and suddenly smiled, "No wonder some people say you are 'arrogant'." His smile only lasted for a short while, "The key to the problem is not you, but Zuo Liuying. I know he I’m dissatisfied with Yang Yannian’s succession as Grandmaster, but I didn’t expect him to do this. Hey, this is indeed his usual style.”

Mu Xingqiu still didn't understand, "Young Master Zuo wants to be my protector. Does it have such a big impact?"

"Since you were not involved... Zuo Liuying really didn't give you any hint?"

"I just came back last night, and the one on the left didn't have a chance to give me a hint."

Shen Jixian snorted lightly. If Zuo Liuying wanted to send a hint to someone, there would be an opportunity at any time, but Shen Jixian still tended to believe Mu Xingqiu, "It's none of your business for now. You are not a disciple of Pangshan now. I can't do anything to you." I can only advise you not to take the Demon Transformation Pills or other weird things. The Taoist Priests take this matter very seriously and they will make a decision."

"Okay." Mu Xingqiu was not in a hurry. First of all, he had to make sure that he would not resist the process of transforming into a demon. Secondly, he also wanted to know what the Taoist priests thought about the art of transforming into demons.

"Did you really kill Zhao Zhijin? He was at the fifth level of Xingluo." Shen Jixian couldn't help but be curious about this. He himself was at the seventh level of Xingluo, and it was basically impossible to rise to the realm of concentration. If Mu Xingqiu could kill the fifth level of Xingluo A heavy Taoist priest means that his strength is not far behind him, which is a bit embarrassing.

"It was an accident. Taoist Zhao was mentally unstable and exposed his flaws."

"So you used telepathy, I understand." Shen Jixian breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't believe that Mu Xingqiu really had this kind of strength. "You can leave. I hope you can stay in Duanliu City... Oh, Zuo Liu Ying Zhen brings a big trouble to Pang Shan.”

Shen Jixian disappeared in a hurry, and until the end he did not explain what impact Zuo Liuying's words had on Pang Shan.

When Mu Xingqiu came to Duanliu City, the first person he met was not the members of the Demon Slayer Club who had made an appointment to meet, but Shen Xiuming. Shen Xiuming was also the first person to ask about Baldy when they met, "Did Baldy lose it alone?"

"There should be a Luanjing Mountain Taoist beside him." This was the most embarrassing thing for Mu Xingqiu. He lost the bald man, but it was a blessing at the moment. If he brought the bald man back, he would have to give it to him. Asan, but he has not yet heard Asan’s promise not to harm Baldy.

"It's better this way. Bald Man must be scared." Shen Xiuming was usually the one who was frightened every time we met, but now he was worried about Bald Man.

The little heads of two children emerged from behind Shen Xiuming. Zhang Xiang'er asked, "Aren't you a disciple of Pangshan anymore?"

"Well, not anymore." Mu Xingqiu said with a smile.

"What about me? Will I be accepted as a disciple by Pang Shan in the future?"

"And me." Shen Cunyi whispered. He was a little scared. Although Mu Xingqiu always smiled, he was still a little scared.

"In a few years, you will all be Pangshan disciples. At that time, I will give you each a gift, and when you condense your Qi into a pill, I will give you another gift."

Zhang Xiang'er cheered, "Can I know what the gift is first?"

"I haven't decided yet, but it will definitely be of great help to my practice."

“Maybe.” Mu Xingqiu’s gift standard was much higher than this.

Zhang Xiang’er cheered again and pulled Shen Cunyi out of the house. Shen Cunyi followed her obediently. He was not particularly interested in the gift. He felt that Aunt Tao’s paper bird was more to his liking.

Shen Xiuming looked at the backs of the two children until they successfully crossed the threshold. “Zhang Xiang’er will be a great Taoist priest. Cunyi just needs to be a little better than me.”

“Don’t be too absolute.” Mu Xingqiu was not able to see a person’s potential, but he knew that the level of cultivation was not only related to intelligence.

Shen Xiuming suddenly remembered something and turned around to pick up a rectangular wooden box on the desk. “A letter written by the princess to you was sent to me.”

The wooden box was very exquisite, but there was no mark of the royal family or the royal family of Xijie Kingdom on it. It was obviously prepared by Shen Xiuming himself. He opened the lid of the box and revealed a scroll of talisman letter inside.

Just as Mu Xingqiu reached out to take it, Shen Hao walked in, "Everyone is here, let's go quickly."

Most of the members of the Demon Slayer Society live in Pangshan, but the gathering place is in the backyard of Shen's house in Duanliu City. Shen Xiuming had already cleared the courtyard, and after Shen Hao and Xiao Qingtao cast a spell, it was enough to accommodate nearly 200 Taoists.

Mu Xingqiu put away the princess's letter and walked to the backyard with Shen Hao.

"Did you really preach to a group of Taoists?" Shen Hao asked as they walked.

"That's not preaching, I just think it's necessary to tell them some things I know."

"Haha, you're really good." Shen Hao strode forward, as if the backyard was a battlefield for fighting with the demons, "The news has spread, you have to explain what the demon pill is. If you really turn into a demon, the Demon Slayer Society will become a big joke."

The yard was full of people. Mu Xingqiu had seen most of them in the Imperial Capital. He was a little surprised to find that Liao Huayuan, the Taoist priest of Yashan Canxia, ​​was also there, but Shen Jiyi did not show up. Most of the newcomers were Taoist priests from Wandi Mountain, led by Taoist priest Yang Chun from Canxia Mountain. He nodded to Mu Xingqiu in the crowd to show his support.

Compared to the focus of the high-level Taoist priests, the low-level Taoist priests were not interested in the few words Zuo Liuying said, but were surprised and envious of Mu Xingqiu's audacity. As soon as they saw him, they surrounded him and asked questions in a flurry. In the end, the questions converged into one: Does Mu Xingqiu really want to transform into a demon?

"I have seen with my own eyes the pain brought by the demon transformation technique. Six Taoist priests have already lost their lives because of it." Mu Xingqiu's words extinguished the excitement of the Taoist priests, especially the Taoist priests from Zhaoshan and Qishan. Their expressions immediately became solemn. "If I really take the demon transformation pill, it is to find a solution, not to turn into a demon."

"Is it necessary to be so troublesome? The Taoist sect will soon launch an attack on the demon clan, and then our Demon Slaying Association will take over and kill the demon clan cleanly, and the so-called demon transformation technique will no longer exist." A Taoist priest said loudly.

"What if we can't kill them all?" Mu Xingqiu asked. He knew very well that the demons could not be killed completely. Even the Taoist priests could not make such a guarantee, let alone a group of low-level Taoist priests? What the Demon Slayer Club could do was to reduce the territory of the demons and minimize their threats. "The art of transforming demons is evolving very quickly. Soon it may not just be a pill, and there is no need to force Taoist priests to take it. It will spread everywhere like unclean air. On the battlefield, we can't be in a safe environment all the time, so we have to kill demons and prepare antidotes." The crowd was quiet for a while, and a female Taoist priest said, "Why don't you just say that all this is to save Yang Qingyin? We have no objection." Many people laughed, and their laughter was a little ambiguous. Mu Xingqiu really hoped that things could be so simple. Of course, he wanted to save Yang Qingyin, but he was worried that it was just for Yang Qingyin alone. He couldn't accept the process of transforming demons calmly, so he had to find a bigger reason. "Yes, I came to save Yang Qingyin..."

Mu Xingqiu was struggling with how to answer this question, when suddenly several balls of water fell from the sky, bursting at a height of more than one person, making a buzzing sound. Nearly two hundred Taoists changed color, and many of them immediately rose up and flew to the north.

This was an order sent by each Taoist sect to its disciples, and only Mu Xingqiu could not hear the specific content.

Shen Hao could only hear Pang Shan's order, approached Mu Xingqiu, and said seriously: "Pang Shan asked us to return to the mountain immediately, saying that something big happened. Is it related to you?"

Mu Xingqiu thought for a while, "It's not me, it's Zuo Liuying."

Mu Xingqiu still couldn't figure out the reason, but he knew that Shen Jixian, the head of the Five Elements Department, was not bluffing, and Zuo Liuying had indeed caused a big trouble.