Chapter 941: Huangpu River, Next to the Pearl Tower

"Brother Du?!" Xu Xian looked at the young man in white with a look of astonishment, "Why are you here?"

"Don't worry, I'm not here to see you." Du Qian replied to Xu Xian casually, and then looked at Master Zishan with a smile, and said, "I am Du Qian, I have long heard of Master's name, and it is a great honor to meet you today!"

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Du..."

Master Zishan bowed politely, and at the same time cast a puzzled look at Xu Xian.

Xu Xian understood and quickly sent a message: "He is the one who used mathematical formulas to test the disciple!"

Is it him?

Master Zishan was slightly startled, and then frowned tightly.

As early as when Xu Xian sent him a message, he was extremely shocked that someone could say the five words "odd changes, even does not change", but at that time he was worried about the safety of his disciple, so he could only temporarily suppress the shock and doubt in his heart.

Now, with Du Qian in front of him, the thousands of thoughts that Master Zishan had suppressed in his heart finally emerged together.

The mathematical knowledge he taught Xu Xian all came from the system and later generations, and the level was far beyond this era. The formula of odd changes but even does not change was not spread until the 1970s and 1980s.

There are only two possibilities for Du Qian to be able to tell it in this era.

One is to learn it from their master and apprentice, such as reading memories, stealing and eavesdropping.

And the second one...

Zishan Zhenren endured the tingling feeling of his scalp and carefully tested: "Is Daoyou Du also a cultivator?"

Du Qian smiled and said: "Yes."

Zishan Zhenren bowed and asked: "I wonder where the Youxian Township is?"

Du Qian smiled and slowly said eight words: "By the Huangpu River, next to the Pearl Tower!"

Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen and others beside him did not know the meaning of these eight words.

But Zishan Zhenren knew it well. He was shocked, his pupils shrank suddenly, and a storm was set off in his heart.

Bai Suzhen pondered for a moment, and said with a puzzled look on her face: "Did the immortal remember the name of the river wrong? I have been to the Huangpu River, but I have never heard of any Pearl Tower nearby!"

"..."

Du Qian glanced at her and said with a smile: "No, there is indeed an Oriental Pearl Tower on the bank of the Huangpu River. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean that others can't see it... Am I right, Taoist Zishan?"

When he said the last sentence, Du Qian cast his half-smiley gaze at Taoist Zishan again.

Zishan Zhenren recovered from his shock, looked at the golden armored general behind Du Qian, and said calmly: "Daoyou really came from the Pearl Tower?"

Du Qian smiled and replied: "Why would I lie to you?"

After that, without waiting for Zishan Zhenren to respond, Du Qian continued: "I know you have a lot of concerns and doubts now, but it doesn't matter. When I am more than half a step away, I will answer them one by one for you."

"As for now, you'd better listen to me."

Du Qian glanced at the sky above his head, and said with a smile: "Otherwise, you have to think about what the monkey did five hundred years ago..."

Zishan Zhenren's heart trembled, and immediately followed Du Qian's gaze. Sure enough, he found that a heavy sense of oppression that was difficult to describe in words was coming from the sky above.

——The Jade Emperor's heavenly soldiers are coming!

Xu Xian, Bai Suzhen and others were all shocked.

Xiaoqing looked panicked, and hurriedly tugged at her sister's sleeve, whispering: "Sister, just listen to him!"

Since the return of the immortals a few years ago, there are only a few forces in this world that can compete with the Heavenly Court. The Half Step Inn is the most mysterious and well-known one among them.

Without hesitation, Bai Suzhen immediately bowed respectfully and said: "Thank you for your help!"

"Okay, okay!"

Du Qian replied with a smile, while sweeping his eyes towards Xu Xian and Zishan Zhenren.

Zishan Zhenren hesitated for a moment, sighed, and bowed his hands and said: "Then let's do as you say!"

After the voice fell, everyone reached a consensus, and immediately used their own means to fly towards the fog in the valley not far away.

When everyone disappeared in the fog, a dark cloud stretching for ten miles finally appeared on the horizon.

The dark clouds were stacked up like a cloud ladder, overturning, and there were figures standing on them, each wearing silver armor, holding a long spear, and a big flag with the word "Li" erected in the clouds, fluttering in the wind, rustling.

And in the center of these thousands of heavenly soldiers, there was a mighty general holding a small tower.

Next to the general, a handsome young man wearing lotus armor, holding a fire spear, wearing a mixed sky silk around his waist, a Qiankun circle across his body, stepping on a wind and fire wheel, and with two buns on his head raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise:

"Didn't they say that a snake spirit stole the talisman? Where is the snake spirit?"

The mighty general glanced at him and said lightly: "It escaped half a step too far..."

Nezha glanced at the fog, and then curled his lips and said: "Really? Then there is nothing we can do!"

As he said, he yawned and said boredly: "This old Jade Emperor really doesn't know the importance of things. They are just two snake spirits. Just send a young general to lead them. A hundred or so heavenly soldiers can capture him, why mobilize so many troops? "

"Now, not only is the Heavenly King sent, but even I have to go out in person. It's really killing a chicken with a butcher knife!"

The mighty general glared at Nezha: "Be careful with your words!"

After that, he transmitted the message unhappily: "What do you know? That snake demon has a great background. Behind her are the Mother of Mount Li and the Bodhisattva Guanyin. The mortal hero who has a connection with her has an even more amazing background. Behind him is probably the shadow of the Purple Palace..."

"Purple Palace?" Nezha raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Isn't it not built yet?"

Li Jing couldn't help glaring at him again.

Nezha suddenly realized, "The one above?"

Li Jing's expression eased slightly and he nodded.

Nezha rolled his eyes and said, "That's even more unnecessary...Okay, I thought there was a real fight today, but it turned out to be just a show of pretense. It's boring. I'm going to Guanjiangkou to find my second brother. Next time there's such a thing, don't call me again!"

After saying that, Nezha jumped up, drove the wind and fire wheel into flames, and flew away.

"You..."

Li Jing looked at Nezha's back with an angry face, his face changing from cloudy to bright, but he finally sighed helplessly.

Just then, there seemed to be a peeping eye from below. Li Jing frowned and looked in the direction of the peeping feeling. He saw a golden armored god standing at the edge of the mist in the valley, looking at him expressionlessly.

When their eyes met, Li Jing frowned, then waved his hand and said lightly: "Sound the horn, withdraw the troops!"

Accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder drums, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, the military flags disappeared, and the heavenly soldiers disappeared.

The golden armor god stood in place, looking at the sky for a while, then turned around and walked slowly into the fog.

……

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On the other side, at the Banbuduo Inn, Yijiu's two brothers had already brought three thousand talisman soldiers.

Du Qian met with the two of them, confirmed their identities, and then asked them to lead the troops to guard the Shenyu Tower.

As for Du Qian himself, he settled Xu Xian, Xiaoqing, and Bai Suzhen, and finally had time to spend time alone with Zishan Zhenren.

In the private room of the inn restaurant that was not open to the public, Zishan Zhenren sat at the table, frowning and looking at Du Qian opposite.

After pondering for a long time, Zishan Zhenren still didn't think about how to start.

Du Qian, who was standing opposite him, glanced at him, put down his wine glass with a smile, and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist, are you a spirit from a mountain?"

Zishan Zhenren was slightly startled, and nodded hesitantly.

Du Qian suddenly realized, "No wonder your Taoist name is Zishan..."

Zishan Zhenren twitched his lips, and finally couldn't help asking, "Daoyou Du, since my little disciple has revealed the truth, let's be frank - Daoyou Du, you are also a time traveler, right!"

Du Qian smiled and nodded, "Yes!"

Zishan Zhenren thought to himself, as expected, and then frowned, "Daoyou can make Yijiu, who is more than half a step away, obey your orders. Obviously, you have an extraordinary origin, but I have been in this world for nearly five hundred years. During this period, I was also a demon king. I boasted that there are not many secrets in the three realms that can be hidden from me, but I have never heard of your name..."

"Who are you?"

Du Qian smiled and said, "There are not many secrets that can be hidden from you, which means that there are still secrets in this world that you don't know, right?"

Zishan Zhenren nodded, "Of course."

Du Qian asked leisurely, "Then do you know why the immortal god Buddha disappeared back then?"

Zishan Zhenren fell silent. Du Qian really hit the nail on the head. This question really stumped him.

Du Qian smiled and said, "Because of a monkey."

"...Monkey?"

Zishan Zhenren was full of doubts.

As a traveler in the mythical world, when he heard about monkeys, the first thing he thought of was definitely Sun Wukong who had caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

But then again, when the immortals and Buddhas disappeared, the catastrophe of the Journey to the West had already passed a hundred years ago, and the monkey was also honestly serving as the Fighting Buddha in Mount Emei, so how could it be related to him?

Du Qian smiled slightly: "I didn't say it was a monkey from this world."

Zishan Zhenren was slightly startled, and said in astonishment: "Could it be... the upper world?"

Du Qian was stunned, and smiled: "Have you also heard about the rumors of the upper world?"

Zishan Zhenren came back to his senses, nodded solemnly: "It is said that this world is just one of the three thousand small worlds, and there is a wider world above the world."

"But this is just a legend after all, no one can confirm it..."

Du Qian smiled: "Then you can confirm it now."

Zishan Zhenren frowned and said: "Where is the evidence?"

Du Qian said leisurely: "Far away in the sky, close at hand!"

Zishan Zhenren was slightly startled, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are from the upper world!"