The cultivator who had just come out also saw the woman transformed from a crane and asked with some curiosity.
"Hegu, what are you doing here? Who is this child?"
The visitor was wearing a brown robe and looked to be about fifty or sixty years old. He looked at the child in Hegu's arms with a puzzled look on his face. The child looked very unfamiliar.
"Oh, reporting to Immortal Huang, this child is the descendant of the Wei family who was kind to me in the past. He also has spirituality and is preparing to enter my Yuhuai Mountain. By the way, didn't you see something flying in just now?"
"Um?"
The brown-robed monk looked back subconsciously in confusion. Looking at his reaction, He Gu knew that the other party hadn't noticed at all.
Shuyun Tower is also called the Retreat Tower. It is surrounded by a light white mist. The paper crane is snow-white all over and does not have any magical fluctuations or aura. Just now, the restriction was opened and it went straight in. Immortal Huang did not notice it at all.
"Master Huang, a paper bird just flew in, and I came here chasing that paper bird."
He Gu had no choice but to explain that it was not possible to hide such a thing.
"It's a paper crane..."
Wei Yuansheng corrected her quietly in Hegu's arms.
"Paper crane?"
The brown-robed monk looked at Wei Yuansheng and then at He Gu, thought for a moment, then waved his hand back to reopen the ban.
"Let's go and take a look!"
After saying that, he walked back to Shuyun Tower. Hegu also hurriedly followed with Wei Yuansheng in her arms. She had originally come here with the child in her arms, and Immortal Qiu Feng might also be inside.
The Shuyun Tower is tall on the outside and deep on the inside, and the area hidden in the white fog is quite large. There are study rooms and a large number of quiet rooms inside. Not many people are seen, but some of the quiet rooms have closed doors and talismans are lit, which means there must be people inside.
He Gu briefly talked to the brown-robed monk about the Wei family, and Wei Yuansheng also explained the origin of the paper crane, and it turned out that it came from Mr. Ji.
At this moment, on the rooftop of Shuyun Tower, Qiu Feng and his senior brother Yangming Zhenren were sitting in a row on cushions with three other monks. One of them was the "Junior Brother Zhao" who had fainted before, and the other two were wearing feathered clothes, and they were the two cranes.
Opposite the five people there was a cushion, on which sat a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a green shirt, with a long black beard reaching down to his heart. He was holding a jade tablet, examining it carefully.
"Junior Brother Zhao, that is to say, when Senior Brother Pei asked you and the two Daoist Brothers He to return the jade token, you were not attacked, but encountered the evil demon on the way back to Dazhen?"
The man in green seemed to have finished interpreting the information on the jade token, and then he asked the people below.
"That's right. We were not careful for a moment and almost got into trouble. If it weren't for the two Daoist He brothers' powerful magic and extraordinary speed, we would have to pay a higher price to return to Yuhuai Mountain."
One of the men in feathered robes continued the topic with some doubt.
"What's strange is that we didn't hesitate to use up our magic power to break into the outer wind and escape. When we escaped into the Dazhen territory, those evil demons didn't follow us. If we were afraid of losing our feet and the so-called opportunity, then this outer wind shouldn't affect the Dazhen world."
Yangming Zhenren said beside Qiu Feng.
"This matter is indeed strange. I, Yu Huaishan, have never had any grudges with the outside world. The matter of Tianji Pavilion this time is just a rumor based on hearsay..."
"Brother, you are wrong. Previously, there was a fight between masters in Bingzhou. According to the local ghosts and gods, the Dragon King of Tongtian River was also present at the time. Together with another master, he subdued a real demon and drove it away from Dongtu Yunzhou... People outside the area don't know about this, but the ghosts and gods of Changchuan Prefecture witnessed it firsthand."
The man in green shirt opposite the five people was also frowning in thought.
"The Tongtian River Dragon King has a perverse and unpredictable temperament. He actually took action that time. Apart from the real demon, who was the other person? Could he also be a real dragon?"
This Dazhen seemed to have become a little unfamiliar. It was already a rare sight to have a real dragon lingering in the river, but now it seemed that the situation had unknowingly become complicated, and they, Yu Huaishan, were too slow to realize it.
"By the way, Uncle Ren, what did Uncle Pei's jade token say? Is it the exact information given by the Tianji Pavilion?"
The man in green shook his head with a strange expression.
"It seems that the Tianji Pavilion has been busy divination for a long time after the cave was closed, but has gained nothing. Senior Brother Pei is helping them to understand the energy of the mountains, rivers, land, water, forests and wilderness of Dazhen, as well as the power of the human dynasty. They plan to work together to divination again, but there will be no results in the short term."
"Well, this matter is uncertain, so don't affect the cultivation of others in the mountains for now. From my calculations, the energy of Dazhen is not abnormal. The states and prefectures are watched over by ghosts and gods and there are no evil spirits. Although the human dynasty looks old, there is no war or disaster. Although it is located in Yunzhou in the East, it is still a paradise. The cultivators from outside will not fail to see the chaos."
Generally speaking, the forces of righteousness still prevail in the world. The wishes of sentient beings in the world, especially those of the human race, create many ghosts and gods, and this force should not be underestimated.
Especially in a relatively peaceful world like Dazhen, stability is the destiny. Those who have reached a certain level of Taoism dare not cause chaos at will, at least they dare not be too blatant, so as not to be haunted by calamity. Places where evil spirits are rampant are often unstable and disasters occur.
What the green-shirted man said basically meant that there would be no results for the time being, so he dismissed everyone to go back to their own practice.
Just when Qiu Feng and Master Yangming walked out of the quiet room in the attic where their uncle was in seclusion, suddenly a strange paper bird flapped its wings and flew over hurriedly.
When Qiu Feng and his senior brother noticed the paper bird, the paper bird had already flown from far away to the front at a very fast speed, circling around Qiu Feng.
"This paper bird? Who in the mountains has this exquisite magic? There is no fluctuation of mana or spiritual energy!"
Taoist Mingyang was also very curious and reached out to catch the paper bird, but the bird flapped its wings faster and dodged, then hovered one foot in front of Qiu Feng.
The other three people outside were also watching this scene curiously. This paper bird was so smart. It seemed like someone was controlling it, but there was no power fluctuation, and it didn't look like any mechanism.
Qiu Feng looked at his senior brother and then at the paper bird, and tried to stretch his hand forward with his palm facing up.
Sure enough, the paper bird flapped its wings twice and slowly landed on Qiu Feng's palm, then stretched out its paper neck and pecked his palm twice with its paper beak.
Suddenly, the information about using objects to convey spirits entered Qiu Feng's mind, causing him to be stunned for a moment.
When I reacted again, the paper bird in my palm had no reaction, as if it had turned back into an ordinary origami product.
"Brother, do you remember what I told you about meeting a master in Laohua Mountain?"
"Of course I remember. How come this paper crane is related to him?"
Yangming Zhenren pinched the paper crane's tail from Qiu Feng's palm and lifted it up for a closer look. It looked like a piece of paper.
"Yes, this paper bird was folded by the master named Ji. He used objects to convey some information. I have to explain this to my uncle. The other mysterious practitioner who took action in Bingzhou is very likely him!"
After saying this, Qiu Feng did not dare to delay. He took the paper crane back from his senior brother and returned to the quiet room. The other four hesitated for a moment and then went back together.
About a cup of tea later, in the quiet room of Master Ren, not only were Qiu Feng and the other four people present, but also He Gu who was holding Wei Yuansheng and the brown-robed monk were sitting there together.
The man in green shirt was curiously pinching the tail of the paper crane and looking at it from top to bottom. He had been looking at it for a while and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was just an ordinary piece of paper.
Confused, he was about to take the paper crane apart to see what was happening. However, the action seemed to startle the crane. The crane, which originally looked like a dead object folded by a child, suddenly flapped its wings, broke free from the green-shirted man's hands, and escaped into Wei Yuansheng's arms.
"Uh... is it really alive?"
"Uncle Master, has this piece of paper become a spirit?"
The man in green smiled.
"No, no, this is a magical technique that was created by a master. However, this paper bird..."
“It’s a paper crane!”
Wei Yuansheng murmured very faintly, causing the man in green to pause for a moment before continuing.
"Well, but this wonderful method makes the paper crane so spiritual. If it is constantly nurtured by the spiritual energy and listens to the essence of Taoism, and does not stop practicing the inner method, it is still unknown whether it will become a great one day."
"Can a piece of paper become a spirit?"
The brown-robed monk said in surprise, and the man in green above him retorted with a smile.
"Stones can become spirits, so why can't paper?"
As he spoke, the man in green stretched out his hand and the paper crane in Wei Yuansheng's arms was immediately sucked over and returned to his palm, but now the paper crane was "playing dead" or "hibernating" again.
A small flame rose in the green-shirted man's hand, and he controlled the fire to get closer to the paper crane. As a result, the paper crane "panicked" and flew away again, this time escaping to Qiu Feng's side.
"Look, it's already a way to seek good fortune and avoid disaster!"
Wei Yuansheng nervously grabbed Hegu's clothes and whispered in her ear.
"Aunt He, what about my father?"
Qiu Feng seemed to have heard this as well. After looking at the child, he stood up and bowed to the man in green.
"Uncle Master, I will go and fetch Wei Wuwei myself."
"Okay, go ahead!"
There would be no problem for Wei Wuwei to enter Yuhuai Mountain together. If he could find out where Mr. Ji was, Yuhuai Mountain also planned to send someone to visit him and find out more.