The master looked at me and was stunned for a moment. Then he took the bamboo slips from my hand, glanced at me, and nodded at me: "Luo Zhongxing is indeed a Taoist Shiquan. I originally wanted to tell you about this matter when you take charge of the Shouzheng lineage."

After saying this, the master paused again, and then asked the same question as me: "Why did Luo Zhongxing's name appear on the calligraphy of the Qin and Han Dynasties?"

As the master said, he slowly unfolded the bamboo slips. I got close to the master and stared at the contents on the bamboo slips with him.

The above content records some of Luo Zhongxing's life and deeds. The first half records some trivial things he did before entering the mountain gate. He said that he had great virtues when he was a teenager. He gathered local young men to build dams and reclaim wasteland. He also brought a group of hunters to hunt mountain spirits and wild monsters. The bookstore had a high evaluation of him during this period, saying that he could cure the world when he dismounted and captured thieves when he got on horseback.

But the content in the second half is not so glorious. The book censor said that when Luo Zhongxing was middle-aged, his father was seriously ill. He had no money in his family. In desperation, he took the risk and stole the money of local wealthy households. Later, when he was chased by officers and soldiers, his family went into the mountain to hide. This person had a great opportunity. He met an old monk in the mountains, received the true teachings and cultivated the Ten-Comprehensive Dao. After obtaining the Tao, Luo Zhongxing often went out to the mountains to treat the nearby villagers because he was good at treating evil diseases and could also communicate with ghosts and gods. The locals regarded him as the mountain god. Even the wealthy households who stole money by him had consulted him. However, Luo Zhongxing always held a grudge against the matter back then and ignored the requests of the big households, which led to the death of the big households' son due to the evil disease. After that, the grudges between Luo Zhongxing and the big households could not be resolved.

In the second year of Zhenghe, the witchcraft case broke out. Emperor Wu of Han ordered the arrest of all people related to the witchcraft case. Luo Zhongxing was reported by local wealthy families and was chased by officers and soldiers again. That time, Luo Zhongxing's disciples and family members were almost all imprisoned in death row, and he was the only one who escaped, and then disappeared later.

Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Luo Zhongxing appeared again and became a counselor under Zhang Jiao. Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed and Luo Zhongxing disappeared again.

His third appearance was probably in the late Sui Dynasty.

From the second year of Zhenghe to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty alone, there was a time difference of more than 280 years, not to mention that it took five or six hundred years between the Han Dynasty and the late Sui Dynasty.

I remember when Master told He Laogui the name of Shiquan Taoist He Laogui, He Laogui asked me Master, Shiquan Taoist was dead or alive. My master actually did not give a clear answer to this question.

Can this perfect Taoist be immortal?

After reading this bamboo slip, the master frowned tightly. He stuffed the bamboo slips to me, let out a long sigh, and said to me: "You know about Luo Zhongxing, I know, I must not let the third one..."

Speaking of this, the master glanced at Xian'er and said to me again: "You must never let the fourth person know."

Xian'er smiled at my master, and my master sighed and ignored her.

I weighed the bamboo slips in my hand and asked the master: "What does this Shiquan Taoist have to do with our Soul-Jiezhuang?"

The master looked at me, pondered for a moment before saying to me: "Some things I didn't want to tell you so early, but you will take over my stall sooner or later... There is a Tao. When you become the head of the Shuzheng lineage, in this life, in addition to realizing the Tao in the world, there are two other things you must do. One is to unravel the secret of the Fantian Seal, and the other is to find the Shiquan Taoist, live, see people, die, and see corpses."

I was a little puzzled: "Why do you want to find him? Does he have any relationship with Luo Youfang and his organization?"

The master shook his head: "I don't know why I wanted to find him, but this is the responsibility of every Shouzheng leader. Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, this responsibility has been passed down from generation to generation. But after so many years, our Shouzheng lineage has changed dozens of Sects, but no matter which generation of Sect leader, he cannot be found. As for whether Luo Zhongxing has anything to do with the 'burial' organization, no one can tell clearly about this."

I asked the master again: "Then, what does Luo Zhongxing have to do with He Laogui's Jiufeng Mountain? Why is He Laogui looking for him too?"

The master did not answer my question directly, but said to me: "You Tao, what I said to you today must not let the fourth person know, neither Liang Houzai nor Liu Shangang."

I nodded to my master very seriously, and then my master continued to say to me: "The Shiquan Taoist is the founder of Jiufeng Mountain. Before the fire of Jihun Village, he almost killed all the 600 disciples of Jiufeng Mountain. Only the Mingshan lineage was not in Jiufeng Mountain at that time, and escaped a disaster. After Jiufeng Mountain was robbed, the Mingshan lineage was divided into two streams, one of which returned to Jiufeng Mountain to reorganize the gate, and the other fled to the northern Shaanxi generation and established the Ghost Sect, which was the Ghost Sect where Luo Fei was."

As the master said, why did it come to Luo Fei again? No one has mentioned her for so many years, and I almost forgot her.

The master was still saying to himself: "There were not many people from the beginning of the establishment of the Ghost Sect. By the early years of the Qing Dynasty, he encountered another major change and later had to join the Baiwu Mountain. Until now, Luo Fei still stayed at the Baiwu Mountain Sect. And the reason why Baiwu Mountain fell back then was also the shadow of the Shiquan Taoist."

According to the master's words, Jiufeng Mountain, Guimen, Baiwu Mountain, and our Soul-Jiezhuang all have ties with this Luo Zhongxing.

After saying this, the master fell into silence. After a long time, he said to me: "No one can tell what kind of person Shiquan Taoist is. Even if he is dead or alive, no one can give an answer. There is a Tao, if one day you really find this person, you must be careful and do not be reckless."

I nodded to my master with a serious look on my face. The master looked at me and did not intend to pay attention to me anymore. He pulled out a new bamboo slip from the bookshelf and read it carefully.

But I still have some things to say in my heart, but I can't feel happy if I don't say anything: "Master, I heard from Senior Brother Zhuang that Luo Fei stayed in Jihun Village for a while when he was young."

When I mentioned Luo Fei, Xian'er gave me a very contemptuous look, and I deliberately pretended not to see it.

The master didn't even look at me and said, "Well, there are connections between Guimen and Jihun Village, Baiwu Mountain. When she was young, Baiwu Mountain was in turmoil, so she came here to stay for a while."

I asked my master again: "Is the First Ancestor from the Western Han Dynasty?"

This time, my master turned his face to me: "The era in which the first generation of ancestors lived should be the period of the interchange of East and West and Han dynasties. What are you asking about this?"

I said: "The records about Luo Zhongxing on the bamboo slips seem to be as of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In other words, these slips were stored by people after the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the First Ancestor should have passed away. Since the First Ancestor has passed away, who built this cabinet and the secret door there?"

The master smiled and said, "Do you think that no one can activate the Fantian Seal in the First Ancestor, so you can't build such a secret door? But in fact, the secret door and the cabinet were indeed built by the disciples of the Yuxian lineage after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although they could not open the door, they could build such a door. This is a bit confusing, but the truth is that. As for how the Yuxian branch created that door, I'm afraid only you, Master Zhao, can explain this kind of thing clearly. In fact, our three veins of the Soul Village have some ulterior motives. These secrets are only passed down by word of mouth among the leaders of all generations."

I asked Master again: "Master, what is the relationship between our Jihun Village and Jiufeng Mountain? Why do you know so clearly about Jiufeng Mountain?"

The master seemed to be annoyed by me. He glared at me and said, "Why do you have so many questions? Hurry up and read the book. We have to go to the alchemy room later."

I also asked the master what to do when I went to the alchemy room, but as soon as I opened my mouth, the master glared at me again, which made me swallow the words I was about to blurt out and went through the bamboo slips alone.

After staying in the cabinet for more than two hours, there were about twenty bamboo slips I had looked through. The contents of each bamboo slip almost involved some secrets of Jihun Village.

In the decade of changes that followed, some secrets were no longer secrets, and some so-called secrets had disappeared forever in the years, but some, even if I can't mention them today, I can only remember them silently in my heart.

But after reading so many bamboo slips, I still couldn't find any clues related to the Jiuzhou Ding.

It was almost dusk, and my master took me out of the cabinet. When I closed the secret door, I returned to the darkness outside the door again.

But when the master blew out the oil lamp on the edge of the door, I could still see the outline of the oil lamp. No matter how far I walked, I could still see it.

The master told me that when I established a blood contract with the lamp, it became my guide lamp. Even if I was in such darkness, no matter how far I was from it, I could still see it.

After walking for a while, the master pointed to the direction of Lingquan and said to me: "It's time to the exit."

I looked towards the Lingquan and found that the narrow and long Lingquan had turned into a short blue light at this time, just like I saw it when I first came down from the wellhead.

Then the master said to me again: "Close your eyes and pray to Lingquan seven times."

As my master's instructions, I closed my eyes and prayed seven times in the direction of Lingquan. When I opened my eyes again, I had already returned to the outside of the wellhead. Wherever I looked, except for this old well, there were the buildings in the village and the fog surrounding the building complex.

The master stood beside me with a cigarette pole. He patted my shoulder and asked me with a smile: "Why, I can't you come back to my senses?"

I looked at the master and blinked at him: "Master, is there a teleportation array under the wellhead?"

I also learned the word teleportation array when I was playing games in the past two years.
Chapter completed!