Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Zhang Jue?!" After hearing the old Taoist's answer, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was suddenly shocked.

No...I can't...

The retainers my grandmother left me...are they here to invite the Tang Dynasty to die?!

Hmm...wait a minute...if that tyrant knew that the Tang Dynasty might "perish in the second generation"...

Inexplicably, the image of His Majesty Li Er's imposing face appeared in His Highness the Prince of Chu's mind...

Well... this kind of cause and effect... I'd better not get involved...

Or...I will go back to the palace now and run away with Sizi?

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Qu looked at His Highness the Prince of Chu, whose eyes were rolling around and the expression on his face kept changing. He knew that this little ancestor was planning to do something again.

"Nothing, I am just..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was halfway through his words when he saw Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng coming in. Suddenly his eyes lit up: "Gangzi, Chunfeng, can you two defeat this guy?"

"Your Highness, you are joking..." Gangzi took a step back after hearing this. When the old Heavenly Master looked at him, he took another three steps back to show his respect: "The inheritance of the Taiping Dao... is far... well... not inferior to the Shangqing and Lingbao lineages of the Taoist sect..." (Note 1)

"You two are too kind." Zhang Tianshi looked at Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng who swore to defend their own Taoist lineage, and couldn't help but stroke his beard and sighed: "The Taiping Dao can be passed down to this day, thanks to the protection of the Dou family over the past few hundred years. On the other hand, the new Taoist lineages such as Shangqing and Lingbao have produced many talents..."

"Wait a minute..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu had not yet heard the hidden meaning in this sentence. He just keenly grasped one point: "Well... Old Heavenly Master... You said that your lineage has been protected by the Dou family for hundreds of years?! From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to now?!"

“Your Highness, that’s right.” Upon hearing this, Old Heavenly Master Zhang smiled slightly and continued, “If it weren’t for the Dou family’s ancestors who secretly rescued several Zhang children who were chased into the river by the soldiers after the three ancestors of my Zhang family were defeated and killed, it’s hard to say whether there is still Zhang bloodline in this world today.”

"..."After getting this answer, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had only one thought in his mind: What can I say, those ancestors of the Dou family... each one of them is really... Well...for the sake of my grandmother, I'd better not say anything about the Sixth Brother.

"Your Highness, Zhang Tianshi is the worshiper of our Dou family, so even if you are the head of the family, you must treat him with courtesy." Seeing that His Highness the King of Chu did not respond, Jiang Qu was worried that he would come up with another golden sentence, so he hurriedly said: "When the old lady was alive, she would also call the old Tianshi 'Master Zhang' when she saw him."

"Jiang, go. There's no need to say this." Upon hearing this, Old Heavenly Master Zhang shook his head slightly and said, "Whether you are a worshiper or a retainer, there is no essential difference. They are just doing their best to serve the Dou family."

"What Master Zhang said makes sense. I'll learn from your teaching." Upon hearing this, Jiang Qu bowed solemnly towards the other party, his tone full of respect.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who witnessed this scene, instantly realized something.

Hmm~~It seems~~It seems~~The offerings are much more powerful than ordinary retainers~~

So……

"Master Zhang..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu always changed his expression very quickly. He stepped forward and grabbed the old man's arm, smiling and said, "Can you beat Jiang?"

"..." As soon as His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, Lord Jiang, who was originally pleased that the head of the family had finally grown up, suddenly turned pale.

He never thought that one day he would end up in the same situation as Hong San.

How should I put it, it's just unlucky!

"Your Highness, I am a cultivator and am not good at martial arts." The old Taoist priest looked at the young patriarch in front of him, his eyes flashing with satisfaction: "I heard that Your Highness has pacified the northwest?"

"Oh? That..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughed when he heard that. "That's all old news. Not long ago, I went back and captured the leaders of the eighteen tribes who were planning to rebel and brought them back to Chang'an. From now on, the Mobei grassland will be the territory of our Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Highness's military skills are truly amazing, but your civil administration is still a little lacking..." The old Taoist priest said, and then gently patted Li Kuan's arm. After the latter let go of his hand, he took out the amulet he personally engraved and made of thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood from his arms, and handed it to Li Kuan: "Master, I have nothing, so I can only take this as a meeting gift, please don't be offended."

"No wonder... Your gift really touched my heart." These are the things that His Royal Highness the King of Chu likes the most now. These small items symbolize peace and happiness. They are also gifts from a great master, so he naturally accepts them all. "Master Zhang, I thank you on behalf of Xiao Sizi. She will definitely like this."

"Your Highness is a good brother." Zhang Tianshi smiled when he heard this, and then he looked at Jiang Qu beside him.

"Master Yuan, Master Chunfeng, how about you two accompany me for a walk?" - Jiang Qu knew that Zhang Tianshi would not come all the way here for no reason, just to meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu who is now famous all over the world.

"Ah... this..." Gangzi and Jiang Qu were now playing together: "By the way, Mr. Jiang, how about we go fishing in the wild?"

"Very good! Very good!" Li Chunfeng now wished to stay away from this old Taoist priest. To be honest, just when this old Taoist priest passed by him before, even though he didn't know his true identity at that time, he felt uneasy for a while.

The feeling the other party gave him could be described in four words: incomparable.

I guess my brother feels the same way...

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As Jiang Qu led the two young Taoist priests away, His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally opened up a conversation with his own priest: "Master Zhang... the thing in your hand... is it really the one that your ancestor, Zhang Jiao, held back then?"

"Your Highness is curious?" The old Taoist priest looked at the head of the family, who kept looking at the nine-section staff in his hand with shining eyes while speaking, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, "If you like it, you can take it." After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he handed the staff in his hand to Li Kuan.

"Oh! No, no!" For the first time in his life, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not continue to make trouble: "Master Zhang, how can I take away someone's favorite thing? But... it's still okay to touch it, right?"

“Hehe…” Seeing that Zhang Tianshi did not comment on this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu reached out to take the scepter, looked at it carefully, and then weighed it. Then he looked at Zhang Tianshi and laughed, “Master Zhang, it is really a good treasure!”

"It's just a piece of wood." Zhang Tianshi didn't care about the praise from His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "Your Highness, the man who could turn a piece of wood into a divine weapon has been dead for more than 400 years!"