Chapter 267 Zhongnan Mountain

Guo Jing asked: "Do you know who your father's master is?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "My mother told me that it was Qiu Chuji, one of the Seven True Immortals of Mount Zhongnan."

Guo Jing nodded and said, "Yes, it is Taoist Qiu. You see, it is not a good idea for you to stay on the island like this. I was thinking, either you follow me to learn martial arts, or I send you to Zhongnan Mountain to become a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect. Taoist Qiu is very upright, and you will definitely learn a lot from him. It's your choice."

Xin Zhen exclaimed, "Uncle Guo, I choose to go back to Jiaxing City to practice medicine."

Guo Jing nodded and said, "Uncle Guo is not forbidding you to practice medicine, but you are too young. Just like before, you only need to practice martial arts with me until you are twenty years old, and I will let you practice medicine. Or you can go to Mount Zhongnan to become a disciple of Quanzhen, and then come back to Jiaxing to practice medicine until you are twenty years old."

Xin Zhen thought about it and nodded, "Okay, let's go to Mount Zhongnan."

Xin Zhen was quite interested in Quanzhen's Tiangang Beidou Formation. His own martial arts had reached the level of being divine. If it was a one-on-one fight, there would be no opponent in the world. Only this kind of formation could rival it.

Xin Zhen had seen the Hengshan Sword Formation, the Wudang Zhenwu Seven-Section Formation, the Shaolin Arhat Formation, and that messy Vajra Subduing Demon Circle, oh, and the Yin-Yang Sword Formation, but when it comes to fame, it has to be the Quanzhen Sect's Tiangang Big Dipper Formation.

The Tiangang Big Dipper Formation is the most commonly used formation in actual combat. The wonderful thing about this formation is that it can be deployed no matter how many people there are. When there are many people, there is more than one option, whether it is siege or group fight, it can be flexibly changed according to the actual situation of the opponent.

Guo Jing even created a one-man Tiangang Beidou Formation, which is also a very mysterious formation.

When I have nothing to do, I follow Guo Jing to Mount Zhongnan to see the world, which is also a kind of entertainment.

Seeing Xin Zhen agree, Guo Jing was immediately delighted and said, "Okay, then we will set out for Mount Zhongnan tomorrow."

Guo Jing got up early that day, packed his luggage and said goodbye to his master, his wife, his daughter, the Wu brothers, the Cheng Ying sisters, and the Lu couple.

Then he took Xin Zhen and sailed to the Zhejiang coast.

Guo Jing bought two horses and headed north with Xin Zhen, traveling day and night.

Before long, the two crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Shaanxi.

At this time, the Great Jin Dynasty had been destroyed by Mongolia, and the entire area north of the Yellow River was ruled by the Mongols.

When Guo Jing was young, he served as a general in the Mongolian army. He was afraid of encountering old Mongolian subordinates and getting into trouble, so he exchanged his good horses for two extremely thin and ugly donkeys, dressed himself in tattered clothes, and dressed like a country boy.

Xin Zhen also put on a coarse cloth gown, wrapped a piece of green cloth around his head, and straddled the skinny donkey.

But the donkey had a bad temper and walked slowly, and even Xin Zhen, who was good-tempered, could not help but get angry with it sometimes.

Guo Jing also found it funny. Only then did he realize that Xin Zhen still had some childishness in him.

When we arrived at Fanchuan that day, we were already at Mount Zhongnan. Fan Kuai, a founding general of the early Han Dynasty, once lived here as a fief, hence the name.

Along the way, there are winding hills, pine and cypress trees, and rice fields and vegetable gardens, which are just like the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

The two of them walked up the hill and arrived at a temple on the top of the hill at noon.

Guo Jing saw the three big characters "Puguang Temple" written on the banner at the temple gate, so he tied his donkey to a pine tree outside the temple and went into the temple to ask for vegetarian food. There were seven or eight monks in the temple, and seeing Guo Jing's simple dress, they looked very cold and gave them two bowls of plain noodles and seven or eight steamed buns to eat.

Guo Jing and Xin Zhen were sitting on a stone bench under a pine tree eating noodles. When they turned around, they suddenly saw a stone tablet behind the pine tree. It was covered by long grass, with the words "Changchun" visible on it.

Guo Jing's heart moved, and he walked over to brush the grass and take a look. On the stele was a poem by Changchunzi Qiu Chuji, which read:
"The sky is gray and the earth is falling, why don't you save all the souls from suffering? All the souls are late day and night, they drink their breath and die speechless. Looking up to the sky and shouting that the sky will not respond, one thing is trivial and in vain. How can you avoid the chaos of the vast world? Teach creation to give birth to spirits.”

Guo Jing wanted to teach Xin Zhen and explain the meaning of the poem to him, but suddenly he remembered that Xin Zhen's knowledge was admired by his wife, so he just said, "This poem was written by Master Qiu. Master Qiu's martial arts skills are indeed outstanding, but his love for the people is even more admirable.

Your father was Master Qiu's favorite disciple. Master Qiu will treat you well for your father's sake. If you study hard, you will achieve great success in the future."

Xin Zhen smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Uncle Guo, for planning this for me."

Guo Jing was delighted to see that Xin Zhen understood his good intentions. He slapped the stone tablet heavily and said with a smile, "It's great that you can understand Uncle Guo's intentions."

Guo Jing was so excited that he failed to control his strength and ended up hitting the stone tablet so hard that it shook continuously.

Xin Zhen looked at Guo Jing in surprise and thought to himself, I don't even intend to make you angry, but you still take pictures of this stone tablet, you are really trying to create a plot for yourself.

Sure enough, someone exclaimed, and the tone was quite surprised. Guo Jing turned around and saw two middle-aged Taoists standing at the gate of the mountain, staring intently with angry looks on their faces. Guo Jing knew that his slap on the stele just now had been seen by others.

The two Taoists walked down the stairs quickly. Guo Jing saw that they were very good at martial arts and thought they must be people from Chongyang Palace.

These two Taoists were in their forties and might be disciples of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen.

In recent years, the Quanzhen Sect has been thriving. Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi and others have accepted many disciples and have become more and more famous in the martial arts world. However, he often practiced martial arts on Peach Blossom Island and seldom went out, so he did not know these two Taoists.

Guo Jing was thinking about going up the mountain to pay a visit to Master Qiu, and happened to be traveling with these two Taoists.

Guo Jing called out, "Brothers, please stay."

The two Taoists quickened their pace. Guo Jing became curious and quickened his pace to catch up with them. He turned around and said, "Please come in, Taoist brothers."

Unexpectedly, the two Taoists looked horrified and shouted, "What are you doing!"

Guo Jing was surprised and asked, "Are you two Taoist brothers from Chongyang Palace?"

One of the Taoist priests asked, "So what?"

Guo Jing quickly explained his purpose: "I am an old friend of Taoist Master Qiu of Changchun..."

Xin Zhen stood below and watched the conversation between the three people. After a few words, he saw the two Taoists suddenly start fighting, but Guo Jing did not fight back and let them hit him. The two Taoists punched and kicked him, but Guo Jing did not fight back.

Xin Zhen found it funny in his heart. This misunderstanding was really terrible. He walked over and planned to explain it to avoid Guo Jing from getting into a fight.

Unexpectedly, the two Taoists suddenly drew their swords, one attacked Guo Jing, while the other slashed at himself with the sword.

Hey!
(End of this chapter)