Xie E and Wu Zhi felt that it was strange. Although Wu Zhi had never been to the Cloud Sky Pavilion before, his identity was not a secret. What was strange was that an ordinary old man would know all about Xie E's title of Grand Scholar.
When the two of them entered the Cloud Pavilion, they were dumbfounded: other than the altar in the middle of the pavilion, there was no other decorations. The pagoda's circular structure didn't even have a table or a chair!
An old man wearing a brown robe was sitting in the empty space. Hearing the voice of the old man outside, he wrote down the names of Wu Zhi and Xie E on a small booklet in front of him.
It turned out that the two of them were honorary disciples of Huang shang. The old man outside was called Zhang He, and the one who was registering was called Lin Shun.
The two of them had no idea how many years they had followed Huang shang to and on the Mo Tian Cliff, all they knew was that those who had arrived at this place should have been brought to the Cloud Sky Pavilion to take down the namelist.
Counting Xie E and Wu Zhi, only sixteen people had been to this place before. Therefore, Zhang He and Lin Shun would normally not see strangers to this place.
Zhang He and Lin Shun brought Xie and Wu to the central altar of the Cloud Sky Pavilion.
Seeing Xie E's surprise, Wu Zhi frowned.
It turned out that during these three days, Master Yuan had changed his mind. Master Yuan Feng was the founder of the Daoist Sect, Zhang Daoling, who was originally a eunuch in the palace but believed in a half-hearted dao sect, although he held all the Daoist scriptures in the palace, Huang shang did not ask for an explanation. It was only until he moved into the Mo Tian Cliff for the past few decades that he was able to offer up the position of Heavenly Master to Zhang Daoling.
Xie E tugged on Wu Zhi's sleeves and quietly said: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Wu Zhi was right when he heard this. He couldn't afford to be disrespectful, so he and Xie Zhen hurriedly lit the incense together.
Xie E had finally experienced this fake Taoism, the two Zhang Lin duo did not understand the rules of the Taoist school, laughing and laughing without restraint, it was truly interesting.
Finally, he had completed his first ever casual act of respect, causing Zhang and Lin to look like children as they dragged Xie E out of the Cloud Sky Pavilion.
Although Wu Zhi was younger than these two by a few generations, he was still an old man who was over a hundred years old. On the other hand, Xie E was not so;
Therefore, the two elders were exceptionally close to Xie E.
Zhang and Lin brought Xie E to the back of the Cloud Sky Pavilion, where there was an impressive courtyard, but the two of them lived in it. As for the Cloud Sky Pavilion, other than recording the names of the visitors, there was nothing else.
Zhang He quickly ran into a small room that looked like it was filled with junk. Not long after, he brought out a huge pile of firewood and casually threw them in the middle of the yard, but Xie E quickly found some clues.
Zhang He held a firewood that was of different sizes, but every time he threw a firewood, he would throw it in a particular direction. When he threw the last firewood, the firewood on the ground was arranged according to the direction of the gossip.
Wu Zhi was shocked, and exclaimed: "Senior is truly skilled!"
"Hey, what kind of skill do I have? I have to light a fire and eat with Old Lin every day and sprinkle it one or two times a day. Today, you guys have come up the mountain nearly two hours earlier than my master had expected. It's not even time for dinner yet."
Zhang He clapped his hands and called out to Lin Shun, "Old Lin, it's your turn to hunt game downstairs today. Don't let the guests laugh at you."
Old Lin laughed heartily. "Master already told me yesterday, how could I dare to be negligent? Let's see what kind of good stuff I have!"
As he spoke, he ran back to his room and carried out a large deer. It was at least the size of an elk, and it was also alive. There wasn't a single wound on his body!
Old Zhang became greedy and pointed at Old Lin's nose: "Good old Lin, good old man, you made such a big deer!" "It must have taken a lot of effort."
< p > "No!" I chased this beast for more than an hour at the back of the mountain early in the morning before I caught up. "
Old Lin's face was full of satisfaction as he said goodbye to Xie E and Wu Zhi and ran over to play with the deer.
Xie E and the other two waited for Old Lin on the spot, but since they had nothing to do, they started to chat.
Huang shang had lived in seclusion here for nearly eighty years, Old Lin and Old Zhang had also aged a hundred years, and Huang shang had almost become a god-like figure.
Just the two of them, Old Zhang and Old Lin, were still as strong and healthy as ever at the age of a hundred. The two of them took turns to go down the mountain and fight wild game.
Xie E and Wu Zhi were completely speechless when they heard this. Going down the mountain to hunt, one had to pass the Heaven Smiting Stairway, which meant that the two hundred-year-old elders had to pass it every other day!
It was unbelievable.
Seeing the two of them with their mouths agape, Old Zhang laughed out loud, "Actually, it is not as difficult as you think. Naturally, Master has to personally tell you about the mystery behind it. We are not restricted by that 'strange power' when we go up and down the mountain, and there is a shortcut that leads only to the back of the mountain, which you have not heard of. "
Even so, the absolute height of the mountain did not decrease. Both Xie and Wu said they admired it.
Old Zhang was very talkative. He chatted with the two for a long time, talking and laughing merrily.
Not long after, Old Lin carried four musk deer legs and ran back excitedly, "Come, come, one for each of us, exactly four!"
Elder Zhang quickly lit a fire and planned to barbecue.
Wu Zhi suddenly thought of his purpose for coming here and hurriedly said, "This junior has specially come to pay respects to Grand Ancestor, but for the sake of Xie E's injury, I wonder when I can meet Grand Ancestor?"
Old Zhang and Old Lin laughed heartily, causing Wu Zhi to be a little confused. "Why are you two laughing?
Xie E didn't care about it at all. He took a musk deer leg from Old Lin's hands, placed it on top of the fire, and laughed as he pulled Wu Zhi: "Since we're here, we should settle down. And why was he so restrained? In this Cloud Sky Pavilion, are you still afraid of not meeting old Senior Huang? "
This little brother is truly free and easy!
Old Zhang gave him a thumbs up, "Little Wu Kong is actually not as good as this kid in his teens. It's no wonder that you can only be a husband in your entire life."
Wu Zhi immediately blushed, and stuttered, not knowing what to say.
Xie E once again took a musk deer leg and stuffed it into Wu Zhi's hands. "It's rare for the two old men to have such a wonderful fight.
He actually treated this place like his own home, teasing Old Zhang and Old Lin. "No wonder Master is so full of praise for Young Master Xie …"
Xie E laughed heartily. However, the two elders did not notice the trace of a strange, evil smile on his face.
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