Taiqing discovered that Kunlun Mountain was unusually noisy, so he emerged from seclusion to investigate.
With a shake of his body, he transformed into an aged firewood cutter.
Not far away, a group dressed in special uniforms was heading his way.
A moment later, the two sides met.
A refined-looking middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses stepped forward.
"Hello, sir!" He extended his hand.
Taiqing smiled, wiped his palm, and shook his hand politely.
"Hello! And you are?"
"Sir, we are from the national Spirit Management Bureau. We heard there was an expert here capable of flying through the sky and burrowing through the earth, so we came specifically to pay him a visit."
"May I ask whether you have heard of this person?"
"Oh? The Spirit Management Bureau? Cough, cough. This old man has lived in Kunlun for decades, and I've never heard of any such expert!"
At those words, everyone from the Spirit Management Bureau frowned slightly.
"Then may I ask, are there any temples or Taoist monasteries nearby?"
"There is a temple."
"Oh? May I ask where?" the gold-rimmed man asked expectantly.
"A hundred li from here, there is a Queen Mother of the West Temple. I don't know whether the expert you seek might be there."
"However, that temple has been abandoned for many years."
"Why are you all so eager to find this expert?"
The man with the gold-rimmed glasses hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Since the great changes on Earth, demons, ghosts, and monsters have appeared everywhere. The state established the Spirit Management Department specifically to deal with such phenomena, but we still lack clear cultivation methods and remain in the exploratory stage."
"Then one day, a video of that expert slaying a giant python spread across the internet. His abilities to fly through