It turned out that one day a month ago, Jiang Hong, who was going to Huaqing Palace to transport prey, slipped away to the vicinity of the Yuxian Bridge, which had been built so far, while waiting for the inventory of goods and the settlement at the end of the month.

At that time, due to the rain for several days, it was ten in the evening, and the tourists and the residents of Huaqing Palace had long been extinct.

Also because it was dark and slippery, Jiang Hong didn't let go, and slipped on the narrow mountain road before the Yuxian Bridge, and his standing was unstable, and his body slid down a steep slope and slid down a dry drainage ditch less than two zhang high.

It was still a dozen feet away from the river under the bridge, and there was a dry place of turf just because of the shade of the trees.

Because the final settlement was also tomorrow, he would stay in the Laojun Palace that night, and there was still some time before dinner, and he was a little tired at that time, so Jiang Hong simply lay down in the hay.

Just when he was half-asleep, and I don't know how long it had been, he suddenly heard a slight sound of the water stirring on the opposite bank of the river more than a dozen feet down.

He thought it was the sound of fish jumping beneath the surface of the river because of the overcast weather, so he turned over and looked through the cracks in the grass.

But he was surprised to see an old man in Tsing Yi Taoist costume, stepping on the water out of thin air, and was already carrying three or two live fish with a length of two feet in one hand.

The next moment, the man's other hand was facing the water, and a fish under the water was sucked into his hand.

The sound of the water that Jiang Hong had heard before was caused by the beating of the whole fish when it was inhaled.

He was so frightened that he did not dare to make a move, until the man flew over to the river, and disappeared into the darkness for a long time, before he dared to get up and hurry away.

returned to the Laojun Palace, and quickly pulled the Xianfeng host aside to talk about the matter.

Xianfeng was also surprised for a while, and returned to the place just now with him.

After some unsuccessful exploration, Xianfeng told Jiang Hong to wait here, and he crossed the Yuxian Bridge alone, went down to the riverside position, and investigated carefully, but it was also unsuccessful.

But from the subtle stampede marks of the grass, it can be confirmed that someone did appear not long ago.

At this time, the Xianfeng host interjected:

"Returning to the Laojun Palace, I told Jiang Hong, at this time, you can't mention it to others if it's rotten in your stomach, wait until you come back! In the days that followed, I paid special attention to it, but I made no new discoveries! ”

Li Zhi's expression immediately cheered up, but first teased: "Grandpa, why do I think that our Jiang family is related to that mysterious Taoist?" ”

He has a history of what he said, three years ago when Li Zhi came out of this place, he had heard his uncle Jiang Han say that the adventure between his uncle Jiangshan and his youngest daughter Ling'er was in a remote place less than three miles away from here.

It was Jiangshan chasing a deer, where Ling'er was, he saw a fairy in Taoist clothes, shook his cyan water sleeve, and a colorful bird flew out of the water sleeve, dancing and hovering in the sky.

Ling'er looked at Xinxi, so she ran after the bird, and then came to a mysterious place.

The little bird had been flying high in the air for a long time, and after looking down for a long time, it fell headlong and flew away with a glittering golden bead in its small pointed beak.

Then rushed to Jiangshan, after listening to his daughter's story, he really saw a Taoist in Tsing Yi slowly falling from the air, stretched out his hand, and the little bird rushed back to his hand, holding a shining golden bead in his mouth, and in a blink of an eye, it got into the sleeve of the Taoist's robe.

At that time, Ling'er shouted, and the Taoist waved his hand to the two of them kindly, and disappeared into the dense forest as soon as he turned around.

Later, Li Zhi found that location and found the reference at that time - a thick flat-topped pine in the shape of an umbrella.

But he never found the so-called Lan Qi in it, but because of a trace of untraceable aura, he found the cave where Shi Yuanye was.

And thus it was confirmed that Lan Qi was a remnant of a trace of spiritual energy, and that glittering golden bead was a wild fruit containing a trace of spirituality.

Fortunately, thanks to the existence of the wild fruit, otherwise the Dao person would have noticed that there was another aura, and Shi Yuanye would no longer belong to Li Zhi.

At that time, he guessed that the cultivation of that Daoist might be in the realm of a grandmaster or above.

Now after Jiang Long's narration, the previous speculation has been confirmed.

Because only the high-level Grandmaster realm has the ability to stand on the surface of the water in the air, which is one of the characteristics and abilities of the true element in the body after it is born.

Therefore, he thought that even if the two Taoists were not the same person, it at least indicated that there was another hidden cultivator here.

At this time, Jiang Long smiled:

"Or guess further, the appearance of the Taoist twice is not necessarily related to the Jiang family, but has some relationship with you in the dark! Don't you think that there are all kinds of miracles in your luck? ”

"Oh? How did this matter implicate me again? Li Zhi said strangely.

Jiang Long smiled and pointed to the envy around him.

The Xianfeng host then smiled and said: "It's my guess, no matter how mysterious or unfathomable it is, it can be found by you, the Jiang family is an ordinary person, and the final result doesn't need you to crack it?" ”

Li Zhi smiled noncommittally: "This is too reluctant, but let's talk about the previous Yuxian Bridge incident." In this way, can it be determined that there may have been an encounter with immortals back then? ”

"I always think that Wang Xiancheng had grievances back then, because of my personal understanding of him! Apparently someone wanted the two of them to disappear and do something like that. As for meeting immortals, I think there is no wind and no waves. ”

Jiang Longzhi said, bringing frequent nods of envy:

"I also know a little about the events back then, after all, the place where the legendary incident took place is almost not far from the gate of the Laojun Palace. I don't know about the incident itself, so I only put forward what I saw with my own eyes on the construction of Yuxian Bridge. It is very strange that after the disappearance of the two people involved in the incident, the progress of Yuxian Bridge was not affected in the slightest, and even during that time, different high-ranking officials often came to supervise the work, and the common purpose was to ensure the quality and progress of Yuxian Bridge. ”

"In other words, the construction of Yuxian Bridge not only showed no signs of interruption, but was also deliberately strengthened by the supervision of the superintendent?" Li Zhi seemed to understand something.

"Yes, those officials would occasionally go to the old king's palace to rest, and although they did not reveal the slightest bit of information in their speech, the importance in their expressions was obvious, and there was no sense of uneasiness or disdain after the rumors were revealed. At that time, I thought, is there something strange in it? Because the construction of Yuxian Bridge seems to be two things that have nothing to do with the incident itself. ”

"It's been so long, and whatever the facts are, it's not about us! I'm going to check out tonight and I guess I'll find some clues. ”

Li Zhi's words brought Jiang Long some worries: "Text, I know that you insist in your heart, but you need to be extra cautious when you go, the cultivation of that mysterious Taoist is obviously not simple!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and agreed:

"Grandpa, don't worry, it's impossible for an immortal to appear here, according to my estimation, it should be an ordinary cultivator who can't escape from the world, and his realm is at most about the same as mine. Even if I do meet it, I will never have a head-on conflict with it, and if I encounter a crisis, I can't run away in time? ”

Jiang Long is an ordinary physique, and Li Zhi doesn't want to reveal too much of his conjecture, so as not to cause unnecessary panic.

In his opinion, of course, the so-called immortals would not really exist, and perhaps they were just a hiding place for cultivation forces with another aura space.

But combined with the ambiguous and unclear actions of the royal family back then, he vaguely felt that there might be a bigger mystery in it.

It's just that with his special relationship with Gaozong, why would he rather bring the secret into the underground than reveal half a point?

Is the existence of a mysterious person too important?

Or is it that Gaozong originally speculated that the establishment of Yuxian Bridge was just to express the awe in his heart?

However, Li Zhi is really not worried about his strength, there is too much gap compared to those people.

Because he would never believe that the person Jiang Hong found had the cultivation of the True Meditation Period, otherwise he would not be able to escape that person's perception even if he was a worm hiding in the grass.

Unless the other party is deliberately showing his body, but obviously there is no reason for this possibility.

And he was fifty percent sure that the Xiantian Mansion didn't know about the existence of this place, just like the huge enchantment in the depths of Tianzhu Mountain, at least Pu Liangxi, the master of the outer gate, didn't know about it.

Therefore, Li Zhixin also made a decision, no matter what the results of tonight's investigation were, he would not mention it to the Xiantian Mansion.

The exchange between the several people soon ended when the wives returned with their children.

Almost all of them have gains in their hands, except for Yang Yurong, who is holding Li Xiang in her arms, Feng Xia, the wife of the third from the left, is more than five months pregnant, and she only follows with a smile on the side.

Even Wen Qi, who is less than a year and a half years old, is also carrying a palm-length small fish in his hand, with a straw rope left on the gills.

Little Iben, who was already more than four years old, carried a huge two-foot-long two-foot-long fish in his arms, and at his young age, he could use the strength of his arms to hold on to the body of the fish that was still struggling desperately.

He was showing off his ability, and Li Zhi first praised him, but Wen Qi pouted and dissatisfied.

Fortunately, the old ancestor hugged her in time, and the constant praise in his mouth soon made Wen Qi smile again.

The most bullish is still Yiyi, there are more than 20 fish in a fish basket one or two feet long on his back, and they are all in a state of disembowelment and belly that has been cleaned up in advance.

Apparently she was going to bake it straight, so she walked straight to the grill.

Li Zhidan felt the Teng snake on his shoulder, and with a snort, he flew to Yi Yi's left shoulder in a blink of an eye, turned around and poked his head down, and carefully looked at the fish basket on her back.

The old dragon's laughter sounded from Li Zhi's thoughts: "This dead snake is greedy now, looking at that unproductive appearance, it hurts my face!" ”

Li Zhi laughed, stood up, walked to the grill, and helped Yiyi unload the basket, and Pang Qi in the distance also came with a full load of clean fish.

Soon, the aroma of the fish attracted the cheers of the children, and Pingwa came, helping to toss the branches inserted in the fish:

"Master, don't look at Xiang'er for only a few months, he is not afraid of the bloody smell of slaughtering fish, and he no longer pays attention to our fishing, and is clamoring for Aunt Yurong to hold him to find Master Xiang'er!"

Li Zhi smiled: "Such an older child, I don't know how to be afraid!" ”

"Really? Over a year old? Pingwa said curiously.