Needless to say, the return trip with Song Qingshu was still a river boat hire in Hankou and headed straight upstream along the Han River.

However, when it was time to disembark, Meng Xiuyuan did not return to Wudang immediately with Song Qingshu, but said that there was still something to do.

Song Qingshu knew that Meng Xiuyuan must have had his own plans, so he didn't ask any more questions and just waved goodbye to him with a smile.

After Song Qingshu left, Meng Xiuyuan immediately went straight to the Shaolin Temple.

Not for anyone else, only for the Hunyuan thunderbolt hand Cheng Kun who hid in the Shaolin Temple under the pseudonym "Yuanzhen".

Ever since the Kunlun Sect's "Bat Extermination Conference", when Wei Yixiao said that someone was plotting secretly, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but suspect the great conspirator and the great avenger in this Yitian world.

It's just that there was too little information at the time, so it was just random thinking without reason, and there was no way to do anything about it.

Now, after hearing about the "Holy Fire Order" mentioned by Yang Xiao, Meng Xiuyuan became more and more suspicious that Cheng Kun was behind this.

After all, there are only a few people in the world who can do such things as forging the Holy Fire Order and injuring Wei Yixiao. And there are even fewer people who have such thoughts and deliberately plot against the Ming Cult.

Therefore, although Meng Xiuyuan still had no real evidence, he couldn't help but want to find out. It was better than doing nothing.

However, Meng Xiuyuan thought over and over again along the way and decided to act cautiously.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

After all, there is a vague shadow of the Yuan court behind Cheng Kun. At this time, there is still some time before the official full-scale resistance against the Yuan. If he is targeted by them in advance, it will inevitably bring trouble to the Wudang Sect.

Therefore, after arriving at the Shaolin Temple, it is impossible for Meng Xiuyuan to blatantly go to worship the mountain and ask people such questions as "Is Master Yuanzhen in the temple?" After all, he is not a small person now. If he does this for no reason, he will definitely be suspected by Cheng Kun, who is very alert.

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Similarly, he also thought about whether he should sneak in at night and use his superior skills to explore and search the Shaolin Temple. However, this idea was quickly rejected.

After all, he didn't even know what Cheng Kun looked like, so what would he be able to find out even if he sneaked in overnight.

So, Meng Xiuyuan thought about it for a while, and finally decided to hide his face and identity, and secretly bribed a nearby farmer with money to provide information to the Shaolin Temple.

Of course, just in case, when Meng Xiuyuan communicated with him, he couldn't show that he was heading towards Yuantong. The task Meng Xiuyuan gave him was as simple as "inquiring whether the senior monks of the Yuan generation or above in Shaolin Temple have recently left the temple."

, and then asked him to summarize the information regularly and put it in a hidden place for Meng Xiuyuan to pick up regularly.

Even if the Shaolin Temple was aware of such an innocuous thing, they would never think of it involving Meng Xiuyuan.

As for how much information can be collected in this way, Meng Xiuyuan did not force it. After all, this is just a trick of his. Whether the effect is good or not depends on fate.

In the final analysis, Cheng Kun's goal was to destroy Mingjiao, not Wudang, so it was not a serious problem. After a few years, when the Yuan court was weak and rebels spread all over the world, his end would naturally come.

After doing this easily, Meng Xiuyuan turned around and headed back to Wudang.

What he didn't expect was that he would bump into Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu by chance on the road.

The two of them had just treated the plague there in Yuzhou, and after leaving, they happened to wander here.

After the two parties met, they were both in a good mood. They arranged to have a casual meal in a small inn and talked in detail about their recent encounters.

The main content was about the disaster in Yuzhou. So without even talking a few words, they all mentioned Master Shubu and the disciples of the Mingjiao branch he led.

Hu Qingniu talked about how he collected herbs with the help of Shuo Bu and distributed medicinal soup to the refugees, while Meng Xiuyuan talked about how he and Shu Bu met by chance on the Snake Mountain Mountain Road and turned enemies into friends.

After the conversation, both of them admired his unspeakable behavior and praised him profusely behind his back.

However, to Meng Xiuyuan's expectation, according to Hu Qingniu, during the Yuzhou disaster, the Yuan court's relief operations were actually much better than in the past.

The reason seems to be that Princess Minmintemuir of the Ruyang Palace was involved.

Hu Qingniu didn’t know the specific details, so he didn’t explain them in detail.

But when Meng Xiuyuan heard the news, he felt somewhat relieved.

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Before saying goodbye to Hu Qingniu and his wife, Meng Xiuyuan took out a small bag of valuable gold jewelry from his arms and gave it to them. Meng Xiuyuan took it from Hongmei Villa before, and now it is for them to buy some medicinal materials for daily relief.

The victims of the disaster can be considered to have been used to their best advantage.

So the two parties parted ways again, each going his own way.

Then Meng Xiuyuan hurried all the way to the boat, and everything went smoothly.

On the contrary, when he returned to the gate of Wudang Mountain, he saw that the sect was very lively, and all the Taoist disciples had happy faces, which surprised him.

Meng Xiuyuan stopped a firework Taoist priest who was in a hurry to go down the mountain to make some purchases, and found out that it turned out that the three-year period had come, and the brothers had just returned to the mountain together after finishing their travels in the south of the Yangtze River.

After three years, the Seven Heroes of Wudang returned to the mountain gate together, so naturally they had to celebrate.

"Junior brother, you are finally back. I feel sorry that you will be missing from today's dinner.

Just right, just right, let’s have a nice reunion!”

Just after entering the mountain gate and walking a few steps, Meng Xiuyuan bumped into Song Yuanqiao, whose face was glowing red, and he happily grabbed him.

"When did Senior Brother come back? Are you all okay, Senior Brother?"

Meng Xiuyuan was very emotional after seeing his senior brother again after three years. However, he was not very good at conveying such subtle emotions, so he could only smile slightly and ask his senior brother briefly.

"Everything is fine, everything is fine.

We just came back and we didn’t even go up the mountain for half a day.

Just now we all paid our respects to the master and the old man. Now everyone except me should have gone back to their rooms to take a bath and rest.

You have traveled thousands of miles, so you must be exhausted. Go back home and have a rest. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it together during dinner tonight."

Song Yuanqiao said with concern when he saw Meng Xiuyuan also covered in dust.

"Okay." Meng Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this without being pretentious.

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When the sky got dark and the banquet was set, Meng Xiuyuan and others came to sit down one by one at the reminder of the Taoist boys.

It was said to be a dinner party, but after all, it was a dinner for my family, and since I had not seen each other for three years, I finally returned to the mountain gate, so there were no rigid rules and the main thing was to make everyone happy.

When Zhang Sanfeng finally sat down and said a few simple words, everyone laughed and moved quickly.

Life on Wudang Mountain has always been simple, so even the dishes on the table today are home-cooked, with no delicacies. However, everyone is in a good mood, and the food is delicious, and no one cares whether the ingredients are precious or not.

During this period, Meng Xiuyuan had a lively discussion with his fellow apprentices, sharing their experiences and knowledge in the past three years, while master Zhang Sanfeng looked at them with a smile, did not speak, and just quietly enjoyed the family happiness.

"Junior brother, in the past three years, you have become famous in the world.

The eight of us have done a lot in Jiangnan, but even if we put it all together, we can't compare to you..."

Fourth senior brother Zhang Songxi looked at Meng Xiuyuan and praised with a smile, his face full of sincere relief.

"Well, not only did he become famous, his junior brother also did many rare and chivalrous acts." Second senior brother Yu Lianzhou continued Zhang Songxi's words and said:

"The eight of us were operating in the south of the Yangtze River, and we only heard about the Kunlun Sect's 'Bat Extermination Conference' later.

We were all very surprised at that time. No one expected that, junior brother, you would actually kill Wei Yixiao, the Green-winged Bat King of the Ming Cult, with your own hands.

Such a vampire monster has been notorious for a long time, so he must be guilty of serious sins.

I heard from my colleagues in the Kunlun Sect that this time he even harmed a lot of righteous people and innocent people.

Junior brother, you kill well!"

Second senior brother Yu Daiyan happened to be sitting next to Meng Xiuyuan. When he finished speaking, he rarely smiled and reached out to pat Meng Xiuyuan on the shoulder.

"Hahaha, Second Senior Brother doesn't usually praise others casually. If you praise me a few times, I will use it very much."

Meng Xiu couldn't help but feel happy when he saw this, and started joking with Yu Lianzhou.

Unexpectedly, Yin Susu, who was sitting across the table, also took the initiative to answer the conversation:

"When I was young, I once heard my father say that the top leaders of the Ming Cult, the Dual Envoys and the Four Dharma Kings, actually have roughly the same kung fu, and they are all top figures in the world.

It's just that each has its own areas of expertise and different characteristics.

Wei Yixiao, the green-winged bat king, is good at lightness kung fu.

It is not easy for ordinary masters to escape with their lives even if they want to take a few moves from him. But even if someone with better martial arts than him defeated him with fists, feet and swords, if he wanted to escape, no one in the world would be able to do so.

Can catch up.

It is indeed very powerful that my junior brother can kill him."

Meng Xiuyuan looked up and saw a natural smile on Yin Susu's face. She was obviously admiring from the bottom of her heart. He couldn't bear the ridiculous praise and explained honestly:

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"Actually, when it comes to Qinggong alone, I'm still not as good as Na Wei Yixiao.

It's just that he was holding someone in his hand, so he couldn't get rid of me.

As time went by, his internal strength was not as good as mine, so he asked me to catch up..."

"Junior brother, there is no need to be modest, he is already very powerful." Song Yuanqiao waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Qingshu also told me about the incident at Hongmei Villa.

If you hadn't been careful and found out the evidence, he would have been plotted by someone with ulterior motives, and he wouldn't even know it..."

Having said this, Song Yuanqiao's expression suddenly changed, and he scolded Song Qingshu beside him with a frown:

"Humph, you are such a traitor, you never listen to me, learn more from your junior uncle.
To be continued...