The Monk

Chapter 242 Venerable Ping

Zhang was afraid that he would not provoke a powerful enemy in vain, so he shouted to Zhang Tianfang: "Stop making trouble!" Then he spoke respectfully to the young man in gray robe: "My companion is a reckless person, and he bumped into the seniors. Please forgive me."

The young man in gray robe became interested. He was scolded in person but did not get angry. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "What is your name? Where is he?"

"I'm Zhang Ping, this is my brother Zhang Tianfang." Zhang Ping remained respectful.

"Zhang Ai, Zhang Tianfang, haven't you heard of him, from Longhu Mountain?" The young man in gray robe turned to look at the people around him, and found Xiang Liu and Xiang Kong with concern in his eyes, and asked, "Do you know each other?"

Xiang Liu also spoke very respectfully: "We were an old friend many years ago, but we haven't seen each other for a long time." But Xiang Kong stared at him with a pair of bull's eyes. Even a fool could tell that there was something wrong between the two of them.

The young man in gray robe smiled and said: "Don't look at me like that. I don't want to kill you, nor do I want to take your gold." He shook his head and said: "You are the boss, but you are still so impulsive." It was like teaching a lesson to the juniors.

Before he finished speaking, the ice suddenly changed. The originally flat and smooth ice surface began to shake, surging like waves. When the young man in gray robe placed his index finger under his feet, a round smooth surface appeared, like a round mirror being stepped on. The mirror surface was slightly higher than the ice surface, holding him firmly.

Everyone on the ice also used their spells to fly into the air, but they were not very high. They stayed close to the ice and lowered their heads to take a closer look.

The young man in gray robe put his hands behind his back and said leisurely: "Some things can't be grabbed just because you want to, so don't lose your life innocently." He was kindly reminding everyone.

Zhang was afraid that the four of them didn't know what ice crystals were and what would happen, so they flew a little higher and farther away to try to stay away from danger. The young man in gray robe saw this and nodded approvingly.

The ice surface changed again, waves surged one after another, and suddenly stopped. It was as if a holding spell had been cast on the entire ice surface, and a strange white garden was built among the ice flowers. Just at the feet of everyone, the ice flower suddenly melted away and turned into a stream of clear water that fell down. The thick ice under the ice flower also melted into clear water without any warning. This piece of melted ice is almost three meters in size. The water surface is calm, but the ice surface is in the shape of rolling waves, and the appearance of ice and water has completely reversed.

While Zhang Ai and the other four were still sighing in surprise, Shu Sheng dived into the ice cave like a meteor, followed by the bearded monk, the bald monk, and three big men in black jumped into the water. The five Xiang family members and the two cold-faced women did not move.

The young man in gray robe still liked to act brave. He nodded slightly to a few people with approval, and then sighed: "There are always people who want to die, alas." From his tone, it seemed that he would not survive if he went into the water.

Zhang Tianfang has always been very impulsive. He couldn't see the tugging of the young man in gray robe, so he wanted to rush into the lake, but Fu Kong grabbed him: "Don't move!"

At this time, there were waves again in the narrow ice cave with a radius of three meters. The waves rolled up and rushed out of Shu Sheng. Shu Sheng had just left the water, with water drops still dripping from his body. The water below his feet turned into a smooth ice surface silently. The ice formed quickly and instantly, and spread to Shu Sheng's body along with the dripping water drops. Shu Shengren was in the air and shouted loudly: "Shock!" The clothes on his body exploded, and water droplets shot out all around. By the time these rag water droplets fell, they had turned into hard ice and made a clanging sound when they hit the ice surface. Shu Sheng, on the other hand, stood naked in the air.

There were three other women present, each snorting to express their dissatisfaction. Shu Sheng pretended not to hear anything and retrieved his storage bag, took out a set of clothes and put them on, his expression very calm.

The young man in gray robe was dissatisfied with him: "Aren't you harmful to others?" The lake was frozen, and the five people who had just entered the water were trapped in the ice and lifeless.

Shu Sheng didn't say anything. He took out his folding fan, unfolded it, and slapped it on the flat ice surface within three meters. He heard a loud thud, like a giant hammer hitting the ice, but the ice surface didn't change at all. Shu Sheng also wanted to take a picture, and the whole lake surface was strange again.

Except for the flat ice surface with a radius of three meters, the white ice flowers stacked around it suddenly turned into real waves, making a rushing and slapping sound, and wave after wave surged onto the three-meter ice surface.

Strictly speaking, this is an icicle, three meters thick and as long as the bottom of the lake. It gradually shrinks in the erosion of the rushing lake water.

However, the shrinking process is really slow. It shrinks a little in half a day, but the ten or so people on the lake are calm and no one moves. Zhang was afraid that the four of them didn't understand anything. The five members of the Xiang family and the two women did not dare to act rashly because of the young men in gray robes. Only Shu Sheng had a life-threatening expression, always staring at the lake, ready to rush down at any time.

Seeing how nervous he looked, Zhang Wen thought of something and asked, "Is this the shocking secret you're talking about?" Shu Sheng's body was shaken, and he replied after a while: "Yes."

Zhang was afraid that his interest would soon rise. He wanted to know what there was under the lake that was worth exchanging two snakes. However, the shrinking process of the icicle was really slow, so he summoned the huge black hard iron knife, raised it with both hands and struck the icicle. There was only a clang sound, the hard iron knife was bounced away, and the icicle was not damaged at all. This surprised him. He could chop it just now, why can't it now? Looking at the blade and then at the icicle, I couldn't figure out what was going on.

The young man in gray robe smiled and said: "If it can be split open by your knife, it will not be a sacred object." Looking at the giant knife in Zhang Weifang's hand, he nodded and said: "The knife is not bad."

The young man in gray robe looked condescending. Zhang Tianfang felt more and more uncomfortable the more he looked at him, and he said loudly: "Who are you?"

The young man in gray robe shook his head at him: "You can pretend that you don't know anything once, but it will be a provocation once more."

Zhang Tianfang had never been treated like this before. Being looked down upon like this made him furious and wanted to fight the gray-robed young man. Fu Kong had been following him closely, and now his right hand was on Zhang Tianfang's shoulder. Zhang Tianfang immediately became unable to move or speak, and could only curse.

Xiangliu, the fourth of the five members of the Xiang family, kindly reminded Zhang Ping: "This is Lord Ping among the eighteen venerables of the Hundred Thousand Mountains."

There are countless cultivators in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, with the mountain god as their esteemed one, followed by the attendants on the left and attendants on the right, and then the eighteen venerables, all of whom are great figures. Zhang Wen had gone back and forth several times in the Shiwan Mountains and had only seen Zuo Shi, an outstanding person. He didn't want to see one of the eighteen venerables again today, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I've seen Venerable Ping. Just now, I asked you for your rudeness." Don’t blame me.”

Venerable Ping was really calm and peaceful, and said softly: "It doesn't matter."

The name of the Eighteen Venerables has been known for more than a thousand years. The cultivation level of these eighteen people should be similar to that of Zuo Shi. It is better not to provoke them if they can. Thinking of Tianlei Mountain, alas, what does it mean to be the leader of the seven sects of the Yue Kingdom's righteous way? There are twenty-one people with Zuo Shi's cultivation in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It is estimated that just one person can destroy Tianlei Mountain. Zhang I'm afraid the more I think about it, the more frightened I feel, but I still drag myself and run around all over the world, thinking how amazing it is.