Chapter 39 Wuyi God
The old ghost had some cultivation skills, and his soul never left his body after his death. In the tomb of the King of Min, which had experienced seven defeats and five declines, he gradually turned into a ghost cultivator. After thousands of years, he finally reached the threshold of the Yin God realm.

If it weren't for that group of horse bandits from Changsheng Mountain who broke into the tomb of the King of Min and vented the evil resentment accumulated from the seven defeats and five declines, that old ghost would probably have been able to practice until the end of time.

After the good dragon's lair turned into a place of evil and decay, the tomb's owner, the King of Min, naturally suffered a bad fate. Not only did his family's fortune decline after his death, but his body was also transformed into a zombie by the evil and resentment.

The black zombie that Ding Hai and Lin Jiu encountered in the underground cave was, if nothing unexpected happened, the King of Fujian.

It pitifully chased the remaining men of the ever-victorious mountain bandits into the cave, only to find that they had already been killed by its old enemies.

The few bandits who were still alive had already run away.

What a miserable zombie life.

Of course, if it weren't for the precious pearl that the King of Min carried with him during his lifetime that had the effect of restraining evil spirits, it would have been possessed by the old ghost long ago.

In that case, its zombie life might be even more miserable.

The thousand-year-old ghost was also unlucky and finally encountered a black zombie that could accommodate its spirit.

It turned out that he was a lovesick person. Even after he turned into a zombie, he couldn't forget the person he loved and kept dragging him around Ma Xiangping.

Also, because that love always competes with it for dominance of the body, it is difficult for it to completely control the black zombie's body.

Until he was killed by Ding Hai, he was unable to reflect the ghost's corpse, and the verses of Ksitigarbha's descent to the gods exerted a powerful force that amazed even the immortals and gods.

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After obtaining all the wealth from the Mausoleum of the King of Min, the three did not go their separate ways.

Because the three of them have the same goal for this trip.

After asking Lu Zhuo about his purpose in coming to Fujian, Lin Jiu looked at Lu Zhuo and asked, "Are you also here to investigate the changes in the earth's veins?"

To be honest, Lin Jiu was a little skeptical.

Is it such a coincidence?

Lu Zhuo shrugged indifferently at Lin Jiu, indicating that it was up to him to believe it or not, and continued: "It's not just that your Maoshan has a branch in Fujian. My Wudang also has a branch in Fujian."

“This time, exploring the source of the abnormal movement of the ground veins in Fujian has basically become a common task for all major forces in the spiritual world to train new disciples.

Longhu Mountain, Gezhao Mountain, and some other forces in the spiritual world have sent disciples to Fujian.

Even Zhuge Kongping, who failed in his bid for the position of young master of the Zhuge family, came here in order not to be an eyesore to others in Shu."

Lin Jiu, who thought he was here to save the world, instantly wilted when he heard this.

Well, before I came here, I was ready to sacrifice my life to uphold justice and ward off evil.

After I got there, I realized that this was a large-scale novice task, designed specifically to help newcomers gain experience.

With such a huge gap, if Lin Jiu wasn't still young and his bones weren't yet porous, he would have sprained his waist.

Ding Hai already had some guesses about this.

He and Lin Jiu are indeed more outstanding among this generation of disciples, but to say that they can be compared with the older generation is a bit of an exaggeration.

If there really were any big monster or demon that could harm the people, the masters and elders who had practiced hard in the sect would have taken action personally long ago, so how could they, the younger generation, have the chance to take action?

"Have you discovered anything while you've been going around Ma Xiangping all this time?" Ding Hai was not polite to Lu Zhuo. After they divided the spoils together, although he and Lu Zhuo were not friends, they were barely acquaintances.

When it comes to acquaintances, Ding has never known what politeness means.

“The Min King’s Tomb has existed for thousands of years. The reason why it was discovered recently is indeed related to the abnormal movement of the ground veins in Fujian.

I have been searching for mountains and rivers for a long time and have discovered some clues about the abnormal movement of the earth veins. All the existing signs indicate that there may be something wrong with Wuyi Temple. "

Lu Zhuo told Ding Hai all the information he knew.

In addition to the Mausoleum of the King of Min, there are several other ground vein nodes that have problems when tracing upward along the dragon vein where the Mausoleum of the King of Min is located.

Many of the nodes of the earth veins also bred evil creatures, but they were all eliminated by Lu Zhuo when he passed by.

Ding Hai did not go directly to Wuyi Mountain because of Lu Zhuo's words. Their relationship was not that good yet. If he didn't see some things with his own eyes, he was afraid that he would be sold out by Lu Zhuo without knowing it.

He searched along the ground vein where the Min King's Tomb was located. After confirming that all the clues pointed to Wuyi Mountain, he took Lin Jiu to Wuyi Temple.

At the foot of Mount Wuyi, looking at the majestic and beautiful Wuyi Mountain, Ding Hai stopped and did not rush up the mountain. Instead, he found a house at the foot of the mountain and stayed there temporarily.

The Wuyi Shrine on Mount Wuyi is a well-known orthodox sect in Fujian. Although it cannot compare with the three mountain talisman sects of Maoshan, Longhushan and others, it is also a major sect with a history of thousands of years.

If the incense and god worship that this sect follows is not in line with the general trend and is becoming increasingly weak, the influence of this sect would definitely not be inferior to that of the major southwestern sects such as the Qingyang Palace in Shu and the Qingcheng Mountain in Western Shu.

Although the Wuhou family that Shi Jian went to watch the ceremony with is quite powerful, and the name of Zhuge Wuhou has been passed down through the ages, but in terms of real strength, the Zhuge family is probably only on par with the Wuyi Temple.

It is better to respect such forces before you have extraordinary strength that allows you to do whatever you want.

When you are in the world, no one is your father, and the name of Maoshan is not omnipotent.

Before figuring out what went wrong with Wuyi Temple, Ding Hai didn't want to confront Wuyi Temple.

Lu Zhuo was probably thinking the same thing. This guy was very smart. He had clearly grasped clues about the abnormalities in the earth's veins in Fujian and the Wuyi Temple a long time ago, but he just refused to go to Wuyi Mountain.

It was not until the arrival of Ding Hai and the other man with Maoshan background, and the combined reputation of the two major sects, Maoshan and Wudang, that they shamelessly prepared to go up the mountain together.

Why did he do this? It was because he was afraid that Wuyi Temple would not behave properly, so in order to cover up the problem, they would secretly attack him.

The next day, Ding Hai paid someone at the foot of the mountain to post a visiting card to the top of the mountain. In the card, he explained to Wuyi Temple: I want to visit the mountain in three days, and I want to ask if the high priests of Wuyi Temple are free in three days? Can I visit?
Before noon that day, the reply from Wuyi Shrine was delivered by a Taoist priest who worked as a pyrotechnicist to the residence where Ding Hai and his two companions were temporarily staying.

In the reply, they expressed welcome for the arrival of Ding Hai and the others, and said that all Taoists in the world are one family. Since they have already arrived in Wuyi Mountain, why not go up the mountain to register but instead stay temporarily in the houses at the foot of the mountain.

We sincerely invite fellow apprentice brother Ding Hai and fellow Taoist Lu Zhuo from Wudang to come up the mountain and stay.

Seeing the sincerity on the face of Taoist Huogong who presented the reply, Ding Hai and Lin Jiu readily agreed to go up the mountain to register. After pondering for a moment, Lu Zhuo no longer hesitated and went to Wuyi Temple with Ding Hai and Lin Jiu.

Ding Hai's visiting card did not specify Lu Zhuo's identity, but when he replied, he stated that he already knew that Lu Zhuo of the Wudang Three Heroes and Eight Formations was also there.

What does this mean?
This shows that Wuyi Temple had already figured out Lu Zhuo's whereabouts very clearly.

Now that the cards have been revealed, if Lu Zhuo is still hesitant and refuses to go to Wuyi Mountain, it will be a loss of face for Wudang.

The current Wuyi Mountain is not some dragon's lair, tiger's den, demon's den or devil's palace. What does it mean that you are afraid of this and that?
After arriving at the Wuyi Shrine, Ding Hai and the other two realized that in addition to the three of them, there were already many young heroes of the Dharma lineage who had gone up the mountain.

Zhuge Kongping of the Zhuge family, Ye Zhiqiu, a true disciple of Luofu Mountain in Guangdong, Gesang, the master of the Yellow Sect in Tibet, and Huang Bai of the Jingming lineage of the Lushan School.

In addition to these major sect disciples, there were also dozens of well-known minor sect disciples on the mountain, including Meishan Water Master Zhang Jiulang and Cang'er Temple Lin Zhihong. If we add the disciples from other major sects who had not yet arrived, Wuyi Temple would have gathered almost half of the talents in the southern spiritual world.

After going up the mountain, the disciples of the Dharma lineage who were familiar with Maoshan would inevitably come to visit Ding Xie and the others to keep in touch.

Ding Hai and Lin Jiu did not put on airs. They chatted with several descendants of their lineage in a friendly manner, reminiscing about their ancestral friendships and listening to the news they brought.

Among the news brought by these successors of the Dharma lineage, Zhuge Kongping's information is the most comprehensive.

"Brother Kong Ping, the deity in Wuyi Palace disappeared mysteriously. What does Wuyi Palace mean by looking for us young people?" After hearing the news brought by Zhuge Kong Ping, many doubts arose in Ding Hai's mind.

Among them, this one is the most important.

Wuyi Palace is not only the sleeping palace of successive Wuyi gods, but also their divine domain when they reside in the world.

This kind of place has been of great blessing to the Wuyi Gods of all generations. Even Zhang Jingqing, the old Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, a world-renowned master, would be defeated if he fought with the contemporary Wuyi God in Wuyi Palace.

This is not something Ding Hai makes up, there is a clear record of it in the Maoshan Sutra Library.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the Yinshan Dao sent masters to the south to spread the Dharma. However, due to the existence of several major sects of the Three Mountains Talismans, they did not dare to cause trouble in fertile areas such as Jiangnan and the two lakes.

The great master of Yinshan Taoism who went south to spread his teachings prepared to find another way and start from Fujian.

As a result, the Yinshan Taoist master who was suspected to be the Yang God never appeared again after entering Wuyi Mountain.

Although hundreds of years have passed, the position of Wuyi God has been passed down for two generations.

But Ding Hai believed that the Wuyi Palace at this time still had the ability to bury the Yang God.

After the small talk, let’s get back to the topic.

The contemporary Wuyi God has yet to die. It is impossible for him to die of old age, let alone abdicate and let others take his place.

So, who has the ability to make a Shinto master who is as powerful as the Yang God mysteriously disappear in his own divine domain?

This is simply appalling!
As Zhuge Kongping said.

Three months ago, a high priest on Mount Wuyi was offering sacrifices to the Wuyi God and discovered that the incense offerings to the God were intermittent and no longer as continuous as before.

When praying to Wuyi God, there is often no response.

Two months ago, Wuyi God mysteriously disappeared in Wuyi Palace without leaving any message.

Without the suppression of Wuyi God, the earth veins around Wuyi Mountain began to become disordered.

However, with the full suppression of many high-level masters of Wuyi Shrine, no major problems arose.

Until a month ago, Wuyi Shrine could no longer suppress the endless movements of the earth's veins.

The news of the mysterious disappearance of Wuyi God gradually spread.

“In the past few days, I have discussed this issue with other Taoist friends and have some unsystematic guesses.

At the moment, the high-ranking officials in Wuyi Temple could only confirm that the life of Wuyi God was safe, but they had no idea where the God was trapped and what force was trapping him.

The reason why they invited the most talented people in the spiritual world this time was probably to take a gamble with the wisdom and luck of the talented people.

I bet that one of us has great luck and can help them find the whereabouts of Wuyi God."

Zhuge Kongping expressed his guess and answered Ding Hai's doubts.

This is not groundless speculation.

The fortune of the spiritual world has been on an upward trend over the past decade or so. Various inheritances from predecessors and natural treasures have emerged one after another, creating countless geniuses in the past decade or so.

As a result, geniuses that are rarely seen in a century are no longer rare, even if they are everywhere.

Today, Wuyi Mountain is recruiting young heroes from half of the south, trying to pool everyone's wisdom and luck to try to rescue Lord Wuyi. This is a very normal operation in the spiritual world.

Maybe the young man's luck suddenly exploded in this incident.

As for why they only invited young talents from many lineages and did not seek help from famous masters such as the old Taoist priest from Mount Longhu.

That depends on different people’s opinions.

It is easier to invite gods than to send them away, which is just the most obvious concern.

Upon hearing that this matter involved a Taoist deity called Yangshen Zhenjun, Ding Hai was not afraid but rather excited.

He was neither stupid nor foolish, and he knew that Master Yangshen could kill him with just a yawn.

But he also knew that wealth and honor are achieved through risk, and as long as he could control his greed and keep a clear head, he might be able to make a fortune from this incident.

At the very least, if Wuyi Temple wants him to join in and help them find the Wuyi God, they have to pay a price that is attractive enough to make him excited.

Otherwise, love whoever you want.

It’s not that Wuyi Temple is unable to elect a new generation of Wuyi God. It’s just that the new Wuyi God who was hastily appointed finds it difficult to control Wuyi Palace and cannot fully inherit the heritage left by previous Wuyi Gods.

This consequence is somewhat difficult for Wuyi Shrine to accept.

Because they will become weak.

But to outsiders like Ding Hai, it doesn't matter at all. They have no connection with Wuyi Temple, and the decline of Wuyi Temple has little to do with them.

"Brother Ding, I wonder what Maoshan's attitude is towards this matter." After telling Ding Kai all the information he knew, Zhuge Kongping took the opportunity to find out Maoshan's attitude.

This is what should be done. As a friend of Maoshan, he needs to know Maoshan's attitude on this matter, and then adjust his position on this matter based on Maoshan's attitude.

Whether to work without putting in any effort or to go all out to help Wuyi Shrine, there are certain things to pay attention to.

Ding Hai did not hide anything from Zhuge Kongping on this matter: "The head master has limited attention on this matter, and this trip does not have too many requirements for my two brothers.

Brother Kong Ping, please do as you wish. We brothers will never have any rifts because of this. If there is anything you need our help, please feel free to tell us."

After Ding Hai revealed Maoshan's attitude, he took the opportunity to propose to form a small alliance with Zhuge Kongping on this matter.

The matter of Wuyi Shrine was too complicated. Even though he and Lin Jiu would not be drowned if they got involved, they would easily be disgraced.

At this time, an ally who can support them or even assist them is very important.

　Chapter 1 is here. I will make up for it on Thursday with 1,000 words.
　　
　
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