Chapter 10 10. First stop Zhongnan Mountain

The next day, Xie Ying left the inn and headed west towards the distance.

Xie Ying is now at the foot of Huashan Mountain, which belongs to the boundary of Huazhou on Fengyuan Road in Shaanxi Province, and the destination of his trip is Kunlun Mountain, which is in the west of Gansu Province and can be said to be very far away.

Of course, he is not going directly to Gansu in the northwest now, because he wants to travel around the world, and his first stop is Zhongnan Mountain.

Half a day after he left the town, seven Huashan disciples and a man hurried to the inn.

"Young heroes, that man lived here before, but I don't know if he is still there."

It turned out that this man was Zhang Wu. He rushed to Huashan overnight last night and handed the letter to the Huashan disciples. They also gave him the remaining silver, but they had one request, which was to let Zhang Wu lead them to find Xie Ying.

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It turned out that after Xie Ying left Huashan yesterday to chase Hu Qingniu, Xian Yutong didn't pay much attention at first. But after waiting for a long time and Xie Ying didn't come back, he became a little anxious, fearing that he would encounter some danger.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that a man returned to Huashan with Xie Ying's letter, and he felt relieved. However, Xie Ying's letter also said that he wanted to go out and have some adventure.

Xian Yutong became a little anxious and thought: How can that be done? The apprentice is only fourteen years old!

So he quickly ordered several disciples to take Zhang Wu to find Xie Ying and bring him back. Then everyone came to the inn where Xie Ying had stayed.

"No, junior brother, it's not like he went to Kunlun Mountain to slay demons!" Senior brother said in shock.

Then he told several elders about this matter, which attracted the attention of Huashan senior officials. It was really embarrassing that the martial arts created by the founder were not discovered until now.

"Isn't this the young master who came yesterday? By the way, Zhang Wu, didn't I bring you to see him yesterday?" After speaking, he pointed to Zhang Wu and asked.

Then he turned around and asked the waiter: "What about the person in the painting? Is he still here?"

After several disciples left, Xianyu Tongcai said: "Elders, what do you think?"

When the waiter saw that they released Zhang Wu and gave him money, he felt relieved when he realized that these were probably not robbers.

"Yes, young heroes, I didn't lie! I just said he was here last night." Zhang Wu said immediately after leaving.

"What, Kunlun Mountain? What is Ying'er doing there?"

The leading senior brother hurriedly walked over and asked respectfully: "Excuse me, what does the old man know?"

The shopkeeper saw that his attitude was very respectful, so he stroked his beard and smiled and said: "I saw that he mentioned Kunlun Mountain before when he was eating. I guess he should go back to Kunlun Mountain."

"Young heroes, the old man may know something." The shopkeeper standing in front of the counter suddenly said.

The leading disciple nodded: "You did not lie, thank you."

"Okay, I understand, you go down!"

The waiter saw that all of these people were armed with swords. They were probably knights and knights, so he didn't dare to be careless. He carefully identified the person in the painting, it was the young master from yesterday.

Xie Ying met the old man, so he pointed to the direction he had just come from and asked: "Old sir, why is the village in that direction so desolate?"

"I'll listen to you, senior brother." Other disciples also followed suit.

"He's gone, then do you know where he went?"

Xie Ying wrote back before and said that the Zixia Gong created by the ancestor was hidden in the "Taikou Collection" in the library. After Xian Yutong found it, he found that it was indeed the case.

It turned out that there were not only Xian Yutong and several disciples present, but also several elders and seniors from Huashan.

A disciple asked: "What should we do, senior brother? Should we chase him?"

Xie Ying said that Zixia Kung is better than Hunyuan Kung. Although everyone didn't believe it, they really didn't know what this martial art was like.

"What's the use of chasing after me? Besides, I'm not sure that my junior brother is just looking for the Ming Cult. Now we should go back and report to the leader and let him make the decision!"

He passed by a village. The place was in ruins and desolate, and there were no homes. He could only see traces of fire burns on some old trees.

Then he said to the other disciples: "Junior brothers, give him twenty taels of silver and let him go."

"Okay, as long as you prove that you didn't lie to us, we will give you money." The leading disciple said.

"I don't know about this because I was in the inn and I didn't even know which direction he went after he left." The waiter shook his head and said.

"yes."

"This young master left this morning and is no longer here."

The only compound I saw was also in a dilapidated state. It must have been burned by fire, and there was black scorched earth everywhere.

The disciples looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do. The master told them to bring Xie Ying back, but now they don't even know where Xie Ying has gone.

So the seven disciples returned to Huashan and reported their findings to Xian Yutong.

"Well, I don't... Then why not, elders, check if there are any outstanding young disciples. Let's take a look at their character and let them practice and give it a try."

The old man sighed and said: "I don't know either, so no one lives there. Everyone says there is something fishy there."

"That's it! Thank you, old man." Xie Ying understood that if people in a village disappeared suddenly, it would definitely arouse the curiosity of others, but most people would not live there before they knew it clearly.

He quickly walked through this dilapidated village and came to another village. This village was much more normal, with people coming and going and it was very noisy.

"Sir, we don't know either. When we arrived at the place where junior brother lived before, the shopkeeper there said that junior brother mentioned Kunlun Mountain during dinner, so we guessed that junior brother went to Kunlun Mountain."

"Um, how could a fire burn everyone in a village to death?" Xie Ying said doubtfully.

"Kunlun Mountain, junior brother, why are you going to Kunlun Mountain?" This senior brother was a little confused. Logically speaking, there is no intersection between the Huashan Sect and the Kunlun Mountain!

Although he didn't know the specific reason, Xie Ying didn't delve into it anymore and left here quickly.

The ancestor's martial arts cannot be taught casually, and Xie Ying is not here, so how to deal with this secret book becomes a problem.

Lu Shi asked loudly: "Master, you still have to make the decision. What do you want to do? Anyway, we are old and it is impossible to modify this Zixia Gong."

What they didn't know was that Xie Ying had not gone far at this time, he was still in Huayin County.

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The old man thought for a while and said: "It was originally a very prosperous village, but it was destroyed by a fire and no one survived. It is really a pity."

He went into the inn and stopped the waiter, took out a portrait from his arms, put it in front of the waiter's eyes and asked, "Have you seen the person in the painting?"

A junior brother suddenly reminded: "Brother, you have forgotten that the main altar of the Demon Sect is at Guangmingding Peak of Kunlun Mountain."

In the Huashan Hall, Xian Yutong asked the disciples below in confusion. It was they who conveyed the news to Xian Yutong that Xie Ying might have gone to Kunlun.

Xian Yutong couldn't make up his mind either, so fortunately he used Xie Ying's method.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you, the leader. As for Xie Ying, let's wait until he comes back. He has to come back!" Now that the leader has spoken, everyone has no objections and said one after another.

Xian Yutong finished his discussion with the elders and hurried back to tell his wife about Xie Ying's situation. Although they were both worried, there was nothing they could do.

Half a month later, at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, a young man in white stood upright, looked at the mountains in front of him for a long time, and finally set foot on the road up the mountain.
Chapter completed!