On a pitch-black night, the Xiangjiang River was shrouded in darkness when suddenly, a group of people dressed as ninjas appeared beneath the cargo ship.
The next day, the C-Sha Daily reported:
Last night, a cargo ship loaded with river sand capsized due to overloading, and all those on board perished.
One month later, on Cat Mountain.
Looking at the grains and meat in the kitchen, Wang Li felt happy. "Looks like I might be the greatest Cat Mountain Master in history," he thought shrewdly.
"Senior brother, senior brother! Sect leader senior brother." A shout reached Wang Li's ears.
"What's wrong, junior brother? Why are you shouting so urgently?" Wang Li scolded his junior brother who had rushed in.
"Senior brother, something terrible has happened," junior brother Liu Aiguo said.
"Big news? What big news? Did my apprentice grill and eat your precious fish again?" Wang Li asked, puzzled.
"Oh no! I ate that fish myself a long time ago!"
"Why are you talking about that? Spiritual power! I've cultivated spiritual power!" Liu Aiguo said excitedly.
"What? What is that? Spiritual power? Are you kidding me? Master was just lying to us!" Wang Li looked incredulous.
"Really, really, look if you don't believe me." As he spoke, Liu Aiguo took out a yellow talisman from his pocket.
This yellow talisman is one of only a dozen or so talismans remaining in Cat Mountain, due to the loss of spiritual energy.
These talismans had all lost their spiritual power. Wang Li and his fellow disciples had tried them countless times, but there was absolutely no response.
This time, seeing Liu Aiguo take out the talisman, I found it rather amusing: "It's just a piece of yellow paper, not even good enough to wipe your butt with."
"Senior brother, just watch! Hey! Go!" Liu Aiguo bit his finger, then put two fingers together and threw the talisman at the tree in the courtyard.
Liu Aiguo had just cultivated spiritual energy, and after releasing a fire talisman, he had no spiritual energy left.
Now he can only release it with his own blood.
Liu Aiguo didn't use much force, and the yellow talisman flew more than ten meters and stuck to the tree.
With a loud "boom!",
Then the entire tree exploded: "Senior brother, senior brother, look! This is an explosive talisman! Wow! I never expected it to be so powerful!"
"What?! This...!" Wang Li was shocked to see the tree burst open, his mouth agape.
At this moment, everyone on Cat Mountain heard the commotion and rushed over.
There weren't many people; the only one who arrived was Junior Brother Li Mu, along with four junior Taoist disciples of the next generation.
"Sect Leader, what's wrong? What happened?" Li Mu asked first.
"Master, what happened to Master?" Wang Yong, Wang Li's eldest apprentice, asked.
"Master, are you setting off firecrackers?" Wang Li's young apprentice asked.
"Master, Sect Leader Uncle, Uncle!" Liu Aiguo's disciple, Liu Aijun, bowed and stood aside.
"Master, Sect Leader Uncle, Uncle!" Li Mu's disciple, Li Dapeng, also bowed and stood aside, but everyone who came craned their necks to look into the courtyard.
"Haha! Junior brother, you've come at the right time. I've cultivated spiritual power. Look at the big tree in the yard, I hit it with an explosive talisman." Liu Aiguo laughed and patted Li Mu on the shoulder.
"Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master, are you telling the truth? My master said all of this is a lie!" After saying that, Wang Yong glanced at Wang Li.
"Senior brother, are you telling the truth?" Li Mu also looked surprised.
"No, impossible, absolutely impossible. Let me get you some more talismans to try." Wang Li ran off to get the yellow talismans with an incredulous look on his face.
A short while later, Wang Li brought over the remaining dozen or so talismans and examined them.
There are five Explosion Talismans, three Fiery Talismans, two Immobilization Talismans, and six Corpse Suppression Talismans remaining.
"Try the Explosion Talisman again." Wang Li handed over an Explosion Talisman.
"Alright! Just you wait and see!"
Liu Aiguo caught the exploding talisman, his hand still bleeding, and threw it onto the open ground with a shout: "Hey!"
"boom!"
A large crater was blasted into the open space.
Everyone gasped in surprise, completely stunned.
"Try the Fiery Talisman again!" Wang Li handed over another talisman.
“No problem.” Liu Aiguo, ignoring his pale face, excitedly accepted it.
"Hey!"
A huge flame erupted from the talisman, instantly burning the broken tree to ashes.
"Really...you really have cultivated spiritual power." Wang Li murmured as if he were in a daze.
"Of course, how could I possibly lie to my senior brother, the sect leader?" Liu Aiguo said, then collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
"I'm so tired. I have so little spiritual energy left that I can only rely on blood to perform my skills." Liu Aiguo wiped the sweat from his face.
"Wow! Does that mean we can cultivate spiritual power too?" Wang Yong said with a grin.
"Great! That's wonderful. It seems Master didn't lie to us," Li Mu said.
"Yes! It's definitely possible! Yes, Master didn't lie to us," Liu Aiguo said.
"Ah!" Wang Li suddenly shouted.
He was on the verge of a breakdown. He had never believed in his master or the records in the classics since he was a child, but now the master was right in front of him.
“It’s true, it’s all true, it’s in the books, it’s what my master said, it’s all true, it’s all true!” Wang Li suddenly burst into tears.
"Sect Leader, what's wrong?"
"Senior brother, senior brother?"
"Master, why are you crying?"
"master?"
"Sect Master, what's wrong?"
"Sect Master Uncle?"
The group immediately asked questions.
Suddenly, Wang Li remembered what his master had said: "The python statue in the backyard is a thousand-year-old demon that was sealed away by the five patriarchs with great power."
"The seal will be broken in a hundred years. Dali, look at that gorilla. It has four hundred years of cultivation."
"Back when we were fighting a thousand-year-old demon, our ancestor from Cat Mountain captured us and brought us back to guard the mountain gate."
"Oh no! The gorilla I sold is a monster with four hundred years of cultivation."
"Damn it, and that stone sculpture too! Master said it's a thousand-year-old demon that's about to transform into a dragon!" Wang Li shouted.
Chapter Sixty: I'm Gone (Please add to your favorites and recommend)
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"It's over, it's over! What do we do?" Wang Li burst into tears.
"Hey, senior brother, don't cry!" Liu Aiguo knew things were serious.
"Senior brother, let's buy the gorilla back first!" Li Mu suggested.
"As for the stone statue, we can only report it to the authorities and say that our stone statue has been stolen, and ask the government to help us find it."
“Okay! Yes, yes, call the police, and then go buy the gorilla back.” Wang Li grabbed Li Mu and said.
“Aiguo, go call the police. Mu, come with me to the zoo and buy the gorilla back,” Wang Li said.
Afterwards, the group went down the mountain and arrived in the town. Liu Aiguo and his apprentice Liu Aijun then went to the police station to report the case.
Wang Li then led the rest of the group to the zoo, intending to buy back the gorilla.
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"Director, I've come here on some business," Wang Li said, sitting upright in his chair.
"Haha! Master, this time I'll have to treat you to a good meal."
"The gorilla you sold me has become a real treasure of our zoo."
"Many customers come here specifically for this. Look, it's only Tuesday and there are still so many people outside!" The principal laughed heartily.
"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Li's forehead began to sweat.
"It's over, it's over, I might not be able to buy them back this time," Wang Li thought to himself.
"By the way, Master, what did you say you came to see me about?" The headmaster's chubby face broke into a wide smile, his eyes almost disappearing.
"Ah! Um, um, I wanted to buy the gorilla back."
“You know, I’ve raised this gorilla since it was a kitten, and I miss it terribly after not seeing it for a day.”
“I really can’t bear to part with it, so I want to buy it back. Don’t worry, I’ll pay double the price, four hundred yuan,” Wang Li said.
"Haha! Master is joking. If you can't bear to part with it, just come to the zoo to see it every day!"
"Don't worry, I'll give you a 20% discount on the tickets for Cat Mountain," the park director said with a smile.
The zoo director isn't stupid; this gorilla has become a star of his zoo.
If the zoo becomes popular, he will be appreciated and won't have to stay in this small zoo. He completely regards money as dirt.
“How about three times the price? I really miss it!” Wang Li said.
"Let's go, let's go eat! Master must be hungry!"
"After you finish eating, I'll take you to see the gorilla you miss so much." The zoo director didn't answer.
"What? You mean a stone sculpture went missing from your Cat Mountain?" the policeman asked, puzzled.
“Yes! Yes! We only discovered the stone carving was missing yesterday when we went to clean it,” Liu Aiguo said.
"But I heard that you sold the stone carving a month ago for a full five hundred yuan," the policeman said with amusement.