Dushan Sect is located in Dushan, six miles southwest of Shanyin. It belongs to the Kuaiji Mountain. It is the leading sect in Kuaiji County. There are hundreds of people in the sect, including nearly a hundred disciples and disciples outside the sect. Looking at the mountainside, the pavilion

The eaves of the pavilion are looming, showing a grand foundation.

On a moonlit night, Gu Zuo groped in the darkness and came to the halfway point of Dushan Mountain. He found a corner and hid in the shrubs behind the trees.

Occasionally, Dushan Sect disciples would go up and down the mountain, either in twos or threes, or alone. Gu Zuo did not make any move. He just lay in the bushes and waited silently until midnight. He quietly left and found a remote and secret place in the mountains.

Wherever you are, it's a whole day.

At night, he returned to the corner of the mountain road and continued to wait for the right time and the right person.

After three days of this, Gu Zuo finally saw Li Man at midnight.

The night wind blew in, making people intoxicated. Li Man held a lantern and hummed an unknown ditty as he walked up the mountain road. When he turned the corner, a small tree about ten feet in front of him suddenly fell down.

He was startled. When he raised the lantern and approached the small tree to check, a whining sword sound sounded behind his ears, and a sharp cool breeze suddenly hit the back of his head.

Someone sneaks up on you with a weapon from behind!

Encountering this dangerous situation, Li Man's true energy flowed in his body and spread throughout his body. He suddenly jumped forward to avoid the weapons coming from behind.

Unexpectedly, he tripped over a missing rope and fell to the ground, causing two bloody wounds above his knees.

Fortunately, he stopped in time, otherwise his legs would have been ruined. In panic, while he was still scolding, an invisible dagger was pressed against his throat, and the weapon behind his head also arrived.

He pressed his neck.

Li Man was so frightened that his soul came out of his body and said to himself that my life is at risk!

But what he was waiting for was not that his body and head were separated, and he was dying. The dagger and flying sword pressed him in the middle, without piercing him further, but only made him dare not move at all.

Li Man reluctantly begged: "Which dear friend is joking with Li? Is it because he is short of money or has other requirements? After all, Li likes to make friends the most..."

Before he finished speaking, he was hit hard on the back of his head, his vision suddenly went dark, and he fainted on the spot.

Gu Zuo tied him up, took off all his clothes, shoes and socks, leaving no strip of cloth, and hung him on a big tree beside the mountain road.

Turning the sharp knife in his hand, Gu Zuo stared at something in him and thought for a long time, and finally let it go. However, he couldn't help but slapped Li Man across the face, causing half of Li Man's face to become swollen.

Two silver cakes fell from Li Man's sleeve pocket, and Gu Zuo put them into his arms. Each silver cake weighed more than five taels, and the two pieces together were worth almost ten guan, or ten thousand yuan!

In addition to the silver cake, there was also an IOU written by a disciple of Jinglan Valley, owing Li Man 30,000 yuan. In addition, there were some random small items, such as a rouge box used to please women, including a woman's sweat towel.

Gu Zuo thought about the sweat towel for a moment and put it away.

He found a place leeward and lit a fire, burning all the clothes and sundries. He looked at the IOU for a moment and then threw it into the fire.

It's a pity that Li Man didn't bring the spirit stone, which made Gu Zuo very regretful. But regrets are regrets, and the idea finally came to his mind.

Gu Zuo entered the city at night. The low earthen wall in the county town could not stop Gu Zuo at this time. He walked along the street to the outside of Song Xingcao's house, climbed over the wall, and lurked in the darkness.

Listening to the snoring in the main room, after waiting for half an hour to confirm that the people inside were fast asleep, Gu Zuo held up the window lattice and got in like a civet cat.

Song Xingcao was not a spiritual practitioner, so he was not alert, and he and his wife were fast asleep.

Gu Zuo put the sweat towel into his hand, Song Xingcao smashed it in his mouth, grabbed the sweat towel, turned over, put the sweat towel on his face, and continued to sleep.

After taking a long breath, Gu Zuo turned around and left, quickly heading out of the city.

That night, Song Xingcao slept soundly.

After dawn, Li Man was discovered by the sect, and was watched by more than ten people on the spot. His ugly appearance spread again, and he became the laughing stock of the entire sect. Li Man thought it was Jing Langu's doing, so he pulled several members of his sect away.

A senior brother stepped forward and had two fierce battles with Jinglan Valley disciples, injuring several people.

This incident alarmed the sect elders on both sides, and they traced the origin and involved an IOU of thirty thousand dollars - this was an important reason why Li Man suspected the disciples of Jinglan Valley. As soon as the IOU was revealed, both parties stopped talking about the matter on the spot.

It was as if it had never happened. No one from the various sects watching the excitement knew what was going on inside.

But for a long time, Li Man and the Jinglan Valley disciple did not appear, and it was unknown where they went.

The home of Xing Cao of the Song Dynasty was in chaos. The woman's name was embroidered on the scarf. Mrs. Song was the daughter of a wealthy family in Lin County. How could she bear the thought of her husband stealing someone away from home and crying and preaching that he was going to catch the adulterer? Who knew it was Lu County?

Ling's concubine.

After Zhang Mo heard about these two things, he thought for a moment and couldn't help but smile and shake his head. He didn't know what Magistrate Lu would do with the concubine, but Song Xingcao was removed from the Yamen by Zhang Mo.

Gu Zuo, who had caused a dispute, was completely unaware of these things. As he headed south, he felt refreshed. The world had never been so open, and a great future in cultivation was waving to him!

At this moment, he has arrived in Kuozhou, five hundred miles away in the south, and is standing at the foot of Kuocang Mountain, looking at a notice in a daze. The Kuocang sect will prepare to sell the spirit stones in three days, and anyone who is interested can come and negotiate the price at that time.

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Lingshi is the most basic resource for cultivation. The Kuocang sect has a Lingshi mine and is the leader of the sect in the east of the Yangtze River. Gu Zuo is rich now, ten thousand yuan! According to the going price, he should be able to buy ten Lingshi, which is enough.

He has been practicing for a long time!

There is a Ningzhen Cave on the western slope of Kuocang Mountain. The cave is the most famous spiritual stone mine in Jiangnan East Road. It can produce tens of thousands of spiritual stones every year. It is the foundation of Kuocang Sect, and Kuocang Sect has become dominant in Jiangnan because of it.

It is one of the twelve famous sects recognized in the world.

The Kuancang sect has a huge family property, with dozens of courtyards inside and outside, occupying a thousand acres around Ningzhen Cave, and protecting Ningzhen Cave tightly. Pavilions and terraces wind down from the mountain, and the mountain gate is

When we reached the Yong'an River at the foot of the mountain, sixteen disciples guarded the mountain gate and checked their identities under the archway.

Gu Zuo had never seen such a scene before, and the Liulin Sect and Dushan Sect in Shanyin County were completely inferior to it. He stood far away and watched for a long time, waiting for several groups of foreigners to come up the mountain and engage in

After understanding the route, I made my way over.

"Where do these distinguished guests come from?"

"Gu Zuo of Huaixian Pavilion in Shanyin County, Kuaiji County, wants to go to Guishan Mountain to buy spiritual stones."

The other party thought for a moment, but seemed to have no impression of the Huaixian Pavilion, and said: "Please show me your token of honor." This is to ask Gu Zuo to produce credentials that can prove his identity. Without credentials, and with an unfamiliar face, the Kuancang Sect may not be able to

Will let him go up the mountain.

Gu Zuo quickly took out the wandering documents issued by the criminal cao of Shanyin County, as well as his Huaixian Pavilion certificate and ultimatum. After the other party took them over for inspection, he went to the leading middle-aged monk to verify, and the monk took them out of his pocket.

He took out a brand new book, put his finger on his tongue, turned to a certain page in the middle, slid down from the top to somewhere, and nodded.

Gu Zuo vaguely saw that the cover page of the booklet said "Book of Sects of the World", but it was the latest edition issued by the Chongxuan Department at the end of last year.

At this moment, Gu Zuo couldn't help but thank himself for his perseverance. Although it was a sect with only a single inheritance and lost its foundation, Huaixian Pavilion still belonged to a famous and upright sect and was included in the official list of Chongxuan Department. It was also because of this sect book.

, I am an innocent monk with a solid foundation!

When the other party showed him the way up the mountain, another young master arrived at the mountain gate. He was dressed in brocade and satin, with jade hanging from his waist. He was much more handsome and generous than Gu Zuo, but because his origin was not in the sect's register, he almost couldn't get in.

Gu Zuo listened for a few words, and the young man tried his best to secure the sword at the mountain gate before being let in. The scabbard was made of golden rosewood, inlaid with emeralds, and even had an expander to secure the sword.

The Cang sect disciples could not help but draw their swords and play with them for a while, knowing how valuable they were.

The Kuancang sect disciple pointed at Gu Zuo who had already ascended the steps and said to the young master: "Follow him up the mountain and don't run around."

The young master rushed to Gu Zuo's side in three steps at a time, cupped his hands and said, "May I ask your surname?"

Gu Zuo turned sideways and returned the greeting: "Gu Zuo of Huaixian Hall."

Young Master introduced himself with a smile: "I have admired you for a long time... I am Liu Xuanji at Xia Zangjian Villa."
Chapter completed!