As the saying goes, 'You know your own affairs best'. I could easily deceive others, but the Laoshan Mountain Sect Master must have known about his own situation when he was injured. That's why he asked me this question.
Although I knew this, my expression didn't change. I just smiled and nodded.
The Laoshan Mountain Sect Master was surprised and looked at me suspiciously. After a while, he said, "Daoist Zhou, you're really a genius. I won't dare to forget your life-saving grace."
I smiled and waved my hand. "Sect Master, you're exaggerating. We need to work together to deal with the Monster race."
Seeing that I was trying to change the topic, the Laoshan Mountain Sect Master didn't pursue the matter. He just smiled at me and asked me about the current situation of Laoshan Mountain.
I briefly explained the situation of Laoshan Mountain. Then, I removed the witchcraft energy barrier and summoned the Laoshan Mountain Sect Elders who were guarding outside.
After everyone entered the room and saw that the Sect Master had woken up, they were excited. A few of them rushed forward and surrounded the Sect Master. They knelt down and shouted, "Greetings, Sect Master!"
Their words were filled with joy. After bowing to the Sect Leader, they hurriedly turned to bow to me, thanking me for saving them. I didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly stopped their actions. I said, "You are all older than me. This is Kid Jie Sha."
Seeing me like this, they didn't insist. Liu Zongcheng took a step forward and sincerely said, "Mister Zhou, Laoshan Mountain will never forget your kindness. If there's anything you need in the future, please don't hesitate to ask."
At this moment, the Laoshan Mountain Sect Leader had woken up. Liu Zongcheng's words seemed like he was overstepping his authority. However, I came here to persuade them. Hearing him say that, I took the opportunity and smiled. "Elder Liu is being too serious. However, I do have a matter that I need the help of the senior brothers from Laoshan."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. Liu Zongcheng was silent for a while before continuing, "I don't know what it is. Mister Zhou, please speak your mind."
I took advantage of this opportunity to explain the purpose of my visit. I even emphasized that Mount Longhu had agreed to cooperate with us.
Due to the previous conflict with the Monster race, after hearing what I said, everyone from Mount Lao was indignant. It was obvious that they hated the Monster race. However, with the Laoshan Sect Leader present, they couldn't make a decision on this matter. Thus, they didn't say anything and turned to look at the Laoshan Sect Leader, waiting for his decision.
At this moment, the Laoshan Sect Master fell silent. After a moment, he said, "Nowadays, the Demon Race is rampaging, causing the people to be plunged into misery and suffering.
As a Daoist holy land, Mount Lao naturally wouldn't sit idly by. Even if Fellow Daoist Zhou hadn't come, this old man had originally planned to organize the sect's disciples to subdue the demons. However, I didn't expect the demons to launch a sneak attack in advance, which messed up the plan.
This old man will naturally take a positive attitude towards this matter. "
His words were quite awe-inspiring. However, when I glanced at the other Laoshan Sect Elders, I saw that they were astonished. It was obvious that the Laoshan Sect Master had never mentioned the so-called "subduing demons". Now that he had said it without thinking, the others couldn't keep up with him.
Of course, I naturally wouldn't pursue whether or not he was speaking without thinking. After getting an affirmative answer, I heaved a sigh of relief. No matter what, the purpose of this trip had finally been achieved.
After confirming this matter, I turned to ask the Laoshan Sect Master about the cultivation level of the Monster race that had injured him and the purpose of stealing the Nuwa Stone.
This matter was very important. I had some guesses before, but I wasn't sure. After the Laoshan Sect Master woke up, I wanted to ask him. However, the matter of joining hands to resist the demons was more important, so I delayed it until now.
Hearing my question, the Sect Master's face darkened. It was obvious that he hated this matter to the extreme. After a while, he calmed down a little and said, "That Monster race was very mysterious. I had never heard of the cultivation technique he used. Not only was I no match for him, but even the Laoshan Sect's great formation couldn't do anything to him.
While facing the Laoshan Sect's great formation, not only did he break the formation, but he also wounded many disciples of Laoshan Sect. He stole my Nuwa Stone and left. Based on this, his cultivation base is at least at the late stage of the Ascension Realm, maybe even half a step into the Cloud Ascension Realm.
As for his purpose, the Nuwa Stone is a divine weapon. It's normal that the Monster race covets it. "
The main point of his words was still to speculate on the Monster race's cultivation, but I was more concerned about his motive. Hearing this, I couldn't help but frown. Just as I was about to voice out my conjecture, the words reached the tip of my tongue, but I stopped.
At this moment, it wasn't really meaningful to guess his purpose. After all, the Nuwa Stone had been lost and there was no way to find it. At this moment, it was more important to discuss the cooperation. As for my previous worries, I could only wait for the news later.
Thus, I didn't dwell on this matter. I wanted to discuss the details of the cooperation with the Laoshan Sect's Headmaster.
However, he didn't seem to care. He just sighed and said, "Let me and Liu Zongcheng discuss it among ourselves. Now that he had lost the Nuwa Stone, he didn't even know whether he could save his life or not. He didn't have the energy to care about other things.
After listening to him, I immediately understood that the Laoshan Sect's Headmaster wanted to find the Immortal Fate to survive in the midst of death.
Just as he had said, the Nuwa Stone was lost. Although I had saved him, his body had lost its vitality. He only had a few months left to live. At this moment, we didn't know the identity of the Pirate, and we couldn't track him down. It was impossible to take back the Nuwa Stone. The only way to survive was to find the Immortal Fate.
Normally, after the Yang Spirit Ascension Realm, it was possible to ascend. However, the higher one's cultivation base was, the higher the chance of success would be.
With the Laoshan Sect's Headmaster's cultivation base at the early stage of the Ascension Realm, even if he found the Immortal Fate, the chance of success would be very low. However, he was trying to survive in the midst of death. No matter how small the chance was, he had to try.
After understanding what he meant, I expressed my understanding. In such a situation, anyone would choose to save their own life first.
After telling me this, he stood up and swept his gaze across the Laoshan elders. "From today onwards, the position of the sect master will be passed to Liu Zongcheng. You will have to work with Daoist Zhou to subdue the demons and devils.
This time, I'm going to search for the Immortal Fate. If I find something, I will return. If I don't have the power to reverse the situation, you must remember the teachings of the Three Pure Ones and live up to the name of Laoshan Sect. "
After hearing this, the Laoshan Sect's Elders all cried bitterly, but they couldn't persuade him. After a while, they knelt down and nodded in agreement.
After they agreed, the Laoshan Sect's Headmaster disappeared, leaving only a jade ring on the ground.
This jade ring was the Headmaster's keepsake, and it contained the secret inheritance of Laoshan Sect. Since the Laoshan Sect's Headmaster had passed the position to Liu Zongcheng, it was reasonable for him to leave behind a keepsake.
Liu Zongcheng walked forward and put the jade ring in his bosom. From now on, he was officially the new Headmaster.
Although he wasn't the strongest among the Elders, he was very dependable. Laoshan Sect's daily affairs had always been handled by him, and he was originally being groomed as the successor. Now that he had taken over the position of Headmaster, no one had any objections.
I was also quite happy. Liu Zongcheng had always had a good relationship with me. Now that he was in charge of Laoshan Sect's affairs, the cooperation would surely progress smoothly.
After they finished dealing with other matters, I began to discuss with Liu Zongcheng.
According to him, since Laoshan Sect and Longhu Sect had reached an agreement with the Shaman Tribe, the current situation in the Human World was urgent and couldn't be delayed. It was better to make arrangements as soon as possible.
What he said was true. If they delayed for another day, the Human World would suffer immeasurable damage.
Then, I took out the Sound Transmission Talisman and sent a message to the Great Elder of Longhu Sect, asking him to send someone to Laoshan Sect to discuss the deployment.
I didn't expect that the Great Elder of Longhu Sect would reply, saying that Longhu Sect had many matters to attend to and refused to come. Instead, he asked me to bring the people of Laoshan Sect to Longhu Sect.
When I heard this news, I didn't think much about it. Longhu Sect had many complicated matters that required his attention, so it was true that he couldn't come here.
However, after reading it carefully, I found the meaning behind it.
The Great Elder's words were mostly to put on airs. He believed that Longhu Sect's status in the Daoist world was far above Laoshan Sect. If he were to come here, he would be lowering his status.
I didn't know what to do with him, so I turned to ask Liu Zongcheng if he could come with me to Longhu Sect.
He seemed to have noticed something, but he didn't immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked me if Celestial Master Zhang of Longhu Sect was there.
After seeing me shake my head, he said, "I originally planned to visit Celestial Master Zhang, but it seems that it's not necessary."
His words clearly showed that he didn't want to go with me.
Seeing this, I felt a little angry. Now that things had come to this, it was too inappropriate for the two sects to compete with each other.
Although I had this thought in my mind, I didn't show it. At this time, the two sects were my two biggest supporters. I couldn't let a small matter affect the harmony between us.
I pondered for a while and decided to bring the people of Longhu Sect and Laoshan Sect back to the Medicine King Valley.
The discussion would be held in the Medicine King Valley. This way, the fatty and Zhang Kanwen would be able to meet up with them. Moreover, the location was hidden, so we wouldn't have to worry about the Monster race finding out.
After listening to my suggestion, Liu Zongcheng reluctantly nodded and agreed.
Perhaps he knew that I hadn't acted out of respect for Laoshan Sect. If he still refused, it would be a little unreasonable.
As such, I informed Longhu Sect about this matter. This time, the Great Elder of Longhu Sect confirmed it. He told me that he would go to the Medicine King Mountain tomorrow to find me.
It was already midnight. I was rather anxious about this matter and didn't care about the time. I asked Liu Zongcheng if he could leave with me immediately.
He didn't seem to have any objections at first, but just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by his senior brothers. I heard them say, "Mister Zhou, you must be very tired these few days. It's getting late now. Why don't you rest here for the night? It won't be too late to leave tomorrow."
At first, I didn't think much of it. Just as I was about to refuse, I noticed that the senior brothers seemed to be communicating with each other.
I thought about it and nodded in agreement.
It seemed that Liu Zongcheng's senior brothers were still a little worried about me. The Medicine King Valley was the gathering place of the witch race. The battle of the witches had already penetrated into their bones. Now that they wanted to follow me to the witch race, they naturally had their considerations.
It wasn't that I couldn't understand this. Back when we were discussing the witches' alliance in the Medicine King Valley, the people of the witch race had the same reaction.
However, since Liu Zongcheng had already agreed to this matter, he definitely wouldn't go back on his word. His senior brothers' actions most likely meant that they had something to tell him.
In this regard, I could only let them do as they pleased. If I forcefully interfered, it would deepen their suspicions.
After resting for the night on Mount Lao, Liu Zongcheng and I set off on our journey back to the Medicine King Valley the next morning.
On the way, I sent a message to the fatty and the others. After learning that the fatty and Zhang Kanwen had settled the matter, I didn't dare to delay any further.
However, as I had expected, Xu Kun's progress was a little slow. A few days had passed, but the Xu family still hadn't relented.
When I sent a message to Xu Kun, he apologized profusely.
I didn't care too much about it, but I told him about the matter between Mount Longhu and Mount Lao. Perhaps it would be of help to him.
Several hours later, I met the late Great Elder of Mount Longhu and his group at the Medicine King Mountain.
After exchanging greetings, they followed me to the Medicine King Valley.
Knowing that I would return today, the people of the Medicine King Valley were already waiting outside the village.
After I landed, the people of the witch race knelt before me and stepped aside to let me go first.
After the people of Mount Longhu and Mount Lao followed me to the meeting hall, Zhang Kanwen and the fatty arrived with their people.
I had originally thought that the fatty would send Immortal Guan as his representative to discuss the matter. I hadn't expected that Immortal Guan would come in person, which surprised me.
However, I heard from the fatty that Immortal Guan's visit wasn't entirely because of me.
It was also because Immortal Guan had some matters to attend to during the fatty's wedding. This time, apart from discussing the matter of the alliance, he also wanted Bai Ling to change her taste of tea.
No matter what, Immortal Guan's visit was a show of respect. There was no doubt about it.