My Master Knows It All

457: Chapter 173: Dragging a Grand Preceptor to Work as a Laborer_5 457: Chapter 173: Dragging a Grand Preceptor to Work as a Laborer_5 “People from the Hundred Peaks Sect seem to have left.”

“What are they up to?”

“They might be looking for Peak Master Cao Zhen.”

“No matter what they are up to, let’s just wait here.

Peak Master Cao is the master of Four Treasures Peak; he has to come back.”

“Exactly, today being the first day Peak Master Cao has returned to the Hundred Peaks Sect, he must have other matters to attend to.

Once he’s done, he will surely return to Four Treasures Peak.”

After learning that several people had arrived, Cao Zhen quickly left the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace with several pill furnaces that were in the process of refining pills, and then right outside the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, he released his flying boat.

He needed to hurry back to the Capital City and didn’t have the time to finish refining the pills here day by day before leaving.

To save time, he decided to refine the pills aboard the flying boat.

Moreover, since the pill refining had already begun and the fire under the pill furnace was still burning, he couldn’t put the pill furnace into his Qiankun Bag and had to directly release the flying boat.

Then he placed the pill furnace inside the flying boat and flew away from the Hundred Peaks Sect immediately.

In the Hundred Peaks Sect, sword flight was not forbidden, but there were not many who directly flew with flying boats.

Only the disciples of Puppet Peak among the Hundred Peaks Sect had the skills to refine flying boats, and furthermore, Puppet Peak was more proficient in creating various mechanized human puppets, not particularly in refining flying boats—hence, there were not many flying boats within the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Now that a flying boat was seen departing, it immediately caught the attention of many.

At the foot of Four Treasures Peak, disciples watching the flying boat soar overhead began to discuss amongst themselves.

“Which peak is this flying boat from?”

“Could it be from Puppet Peak?”

“This is not one of Puppet Peak’s flying boats; ours don’t look like that.”

“Then whose is it?”

“I heard when Peak Master Cao returned, he came on a flying boat.

Could it be Peak Master Cao?”

“Peak Master Cao?

How is that possible?

He has just arrived back at the Hundred Peaks Sect; why would he leave immediately?”

“Perhaps Peak Master Cao has other matters to attend to.”

“What if it really was Peak Master Cao?”

“That’s right, let’s ask the disciples guarding the mountain gate.

They have seen Peak Master Cao’s flying boat; they must know whether it’s his.”

At the foot of the mountain, several disciples quickly ran out, reached the mountain gate of the Hundred Peaks Sect, and after inquiring, they learned that it was indeed Cao Zhen’s flying boat and swiftly returned to inform everyone of the news.

“Is it really Peak Master Cao?”

“Peak Master Cao left again?”

“It seems that Peak Master Cao really had matters to attend to.”

“Well, let’s just wait a little.”

“Right, we continue to wait; it’s the way to show our sincerity.”

“I say, ladies and gentlemen, let’s all line up in an orderly fashion.

When Peak Master Cao returns, we can quickly seek him out to discuss the Dao!”

“Naturally, but with so many of us, Peak Master Cao won’t possibly be able to discuss the Dao one-on-one with everyone.

We might need to have discussions in groups, or those proficient in calligraphy discuss the Dao together, and those skilled in musical rhythm do the same.

Ultimately, whether one can achieve enlightenment depends on individual fate.”

At the foot of Four Treasures Peak, the crowd gathered there did not dwindle despite Cao Zhen’s departure; in fact, as time passed, their numbers started to grow slowly.

One day, two days, three days…

After three days had passed, the crowd finally started to grow restless.

“Why hasn’t Peak Master Cao returned yet?”

“What could Peak Master Cao be doing?”

“Should we leave for now?

Maybe leave a few people to wait here, then come back once Peak Master Cao returns?”

“Yeah, waiting here indefinitely is not a solution.”

“Let’s decide who will discuss the Dao with Peak Master Cao first.”

“Naturally, it should be us from the Dao of Calligraphy first; the Daoist skill Peak Master Cao initially revealed was that of calligraphy.”

“Why should it be you calligraphers first?”

“We don’t agree with that either!”

“Perhaps this, let’s compete in a discussion to determine the order.”

“How do we discuss?

Everyone’s Dao is different.”

“Then let’s compete in a contest of skills to determine who is superior!”

“Contest of skills, then.

Each Dao can present three representatives.”

Soon, for the chance to discuss the Dao with Cao Zhen, the crowd started a contest of skills and determined the order of who would go first.

“Amitabha, it seems we from Zen Cultivation will be the first to discuss the Dao with Donor Cao,” several monks from Zen Cultivation said, revealing a joyful look.

Their Zen Cultivation peaks were not the most combative.

However, on this occasion, nearly all the Golden Core experts from the Hundred Peaks Sect had left for the Capital City.

And coincidentally, their Zen Cultivation peaks still had Golden Core Stage experts remaining.

In the contest of skills, they easily overpowered the others seeking fortuitous breakthroughs, securing the first spot.

The rest of the crowd, seeing that Zen Cultivation would be first to discuss the Dao with Cao Zhen, started to disperse.

The several peaks of Zen Cultivation each left one person to keep watch at the foot of Four Treasures Peak.

They were aware of some discord between their Zen Cultivation and Peak Master Cao Zhen of Four Treasures Peak, especially with Little Zen Peak.

Nevertheless, they were all part of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

If Cao Zhen could help someone from the Thousand Caves Door achieve enlightenment, it stood to reason that he would help someone from the Hundred Peaks Sect; it would be unacceptable otherwise.

Besides, the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth was drawing closer, and its impact was growing.

Previously, the Sect Leader, a True Person, had convened the Peak Masters, which had taken place within the Cave Mansion.

Since then, there had been no news of the Sect Leader, and many believed the Sect Leader might have already entered a state of slumber.

Even more so, it was heard that the Peak Master of Flying Immortal Peak, upon returning, had swiftly entered secluded cultivation and hadn’t emerged since.

In this period, all matters of Flying Immortal Peak were being handled by the Vice Peak Master.