Chapter 68: The Wonderland of the East Sea

The handover ceremony of the chief monk was over in a short time.

The monks left one after another, and Zhao Mu and the other two returned to the carriage and drove away.

They walked eastward, and when they reached a deserted wilderness, the carriage suddenly stopped.

A figure quickly chased from behind, and stood beside the carriage in a few steps. It was Mu Xinzhi.

He put his hands together and saluted respectfully: "Mu Xinzhi, meet you, sir."

"Did you see me just now?" Zhao Mu's voice came from the carriage.

"Yes, it's been twenty years. I didn't expect that I could still see you, sir."

"Haha, I'm traveling around the world and happened to pass by here. I didn't expect to meet you by chance. You took over as the head monk. Congratulations. You have fulfilled your childhood wish."

"Thank you very much, sir. If you hadn't helped me open up my meridians, I would probably still be the little monk in Luohan Temple, no one would care about me."

Mu Xinzhi paused and said, "Sir, can you tell me your identity this time so that I can repay you for your kindness?"

"Who I am, I believe you have already guessed it, so I don't need to tell you. As for repaying your kindness..."

Zhao Mu's voice condensed: "One day in the future, I may need your help. If you can help me at that time, it will be considered as repaying your kindness."

"Okay, no matter when, as long as you open your mouth, sir, I will definitely do my best."

"Haha, then we have a deal. I hope you will be stronger when we meet next time."

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, the carriage moved forward again and gradually disappeared at the end of the wilderness.

Mu Xinzhi stood there and looked for a long time before turning around and leaving.

…

Emperor Sude died just half a month after Mu Xinzhi took over as the chief minister.

When Zhao Mu and his two companions returned to the Jin Dynasty after traveling around, the fourth prince Sima Tongsheng had already ascended the throne, and his reign was called Tianyou.

The entire court seemed very stable during this power transition.

It was also one of the few power transfers in the recent generations of the Jin Dynasty that did not involve fierce fighting.

Sometimes Zhao Mu even wondered if the royal family of the Jin Dynasty was cursed.

From Sima Tongsheng onwards, except for the transfer of the throne from the New Chu Emperor to the Mingyuan Emperor, no other emperor had taken the throne without a bloody war.

I don’t know if the ancestors of the royal family did anything that angered the heavens and the people.

Zhao Mu was not very interested in who would be the emperor.

So after returning to the Jin Dynasty, he prepared to take his two daughters to the valley where he had regained his youth and live in seclusion for a while.

But at this time, a piece of news that was hard to tell whether it was true or not suddenly spread all over the world-

Half a month ago, a cultivator appeared in the East China Sea.

For the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, cultivators have long become a legendary existence.

After all, except for the cultivator who was said to have sought medicine from the King of Medicine Mu Kongcheng two or three hundred years ago, the practice of immortality had been extinct for a thousand years in the Great Jin Dynasty.

But this could not stop people's yearning for immortality.

From powerful ministers and emperors to ordinary people, who doesn't want to have immortality and the ability to fly and hide?

So as soon as this news came out, before it was clear whether it was true or not, it had already caused a shock to the entire Great Jin Dynasty.

Ordinary people, martial arts sects, powerful and wealthy businessmen, countless people packed their bags and rushed all the way to the East China Sea.

Another half a month passed, and new news spread in the East China Sea-the traces of immortality appeared again.

It is said that in the early morning of that day, a huge gray fish suddenly appeared on the surface of the East China Sea.

The big fish was no less than 300 feet long and looked like a small island.

On the big fish, there was a mysterious Taoist temple on its back. The sound of chanting scriptures could be heard even from the shore.

The rumors were so well-organized this time that it made people believe in their authenticity.

So in the next few days, more people rushed to the East China Sea.

Even the new emperor Sima Tongsheng in the palace and Mu Xinzhi in the Great Golden Wheel Kingdom personally led people to the East China Sea.

Zhao Mu, who was yearning for the immortal way, would naturally not let go of such rumors.

So he, who was about to go to the valley to live in seclusion, changed his route with the two women and also went to the East China Sea.

East China Sea, Shuiyun City.

This is a secluded and peaceful coastal town, and it is also the place where the rumors of immortal cultivators first spread.

It is said that when the gray big fish swam on the sea that day, many people in Shuiyun City saw it.

They also swore that the chanting sound coming from the Taoist temple behind the big fish contained mysterious power.

The people who heard the scriptures on the beach that day seemed to be baptized by some mysterious power.

People with diseases recovered their health the next day;

People who were not sick felt refreshed every day since that day, as if they had become 20 years younger.

The words of these witnesses made people more certain that the immortal cultivator had indeed appeared here.

So every day, countless people sailed out to sea, hoping to find the traces of the immortal cultivator as soon as possible and be admitted to the immortal gate.

From then on, they became immortals and lived forever.

But more than 20 days passed, and people searched all the islands near Shuiyun City.

Some people even relied on their strong true energy to dive into the seabed tens or hundreds of feet deep, but no one found the gray fish that was rumored to be carrying the Taoist temple.

A few days passed, and many people were wondering if the immortal cultivator had left?

The government office in Shuiyun City has been temporarily requisitioned as the emperor's camp.

At this time, Sima Tongsheng was sitting in the hall of the government office, listening to Li Weiyong's report.

"Your Majesty, our people have searched all the waters near Shuiyun City, but they haven't found even a single suspicious trace. Do you think the immortal cultivator is really gone?"

Li Weiyong asked with a frown.

"Keep looking, I hope he hasn't left yet, otherwise I'm afraid I'll never see traces of the immortal again in this life."

Sima Tongsheng sighed.

The lifespan of a mortal is only a few decades. Even if he is a master at the master level, he can only live for a maximum of 120 or 30 years unless something unexpected happens.

Such a life span may not seem short, but in front of immortal cultivators who often live thousands or even thousands of years, it is not even a fraction.

People in the Jin Dynasty had only seen such traces of immortal cultivators for hundreds of thousands of years.

Sima Tongsheng really has no confidence that he can survive until the next time the wizard appears.

So he only hoped that the immortal cultivator this time had not left yet, so that he could become his master, break away from martial arts, and step into the practice of supreme immortality.

"By the way, have any suspicious characters appeared near Shuiyun City recently?"

Sima Tongsheng asked.

Li Weiyong shook his head: "The suspicious person was not found, but Zhou Yue, Yuwen Piaoxu, and that Zhao Jinyan seem to have also come to Shuiyun City. Our people saw them yesterday."

"Zhao Jinyan? The poison doctor's apprentice?"

Sima Tongsheng's expression was shocked: "Send my order to find the three of them as soon as possible. Tell them that I have something to ask for and ask them to meet here."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Weiyong immediately went out to deliver the order.

Sima Tongsheng was slightly excited. In his opinion, who was most likely to find the traces of the immortal cultivators was probably the poison doctor, the best in the world.

So he hoped to find out from Zhao Mu whether the poison doctor had come to Shuiyun City?