Chapter 851: Strategizing
The cultivator looked doubtfully at the dilapidated Daoist temple before him.
It bore the inscription:
"Jade Truth Temple."
Its bracketed eaves and upturned roof corners were every bit as imposing.
Yet the cultivator grew even more confused.
He had followed the map on the token exactly.
Why had a Daoist temple appeared before his eyes, rather than a grand and magnificent hall like the Sea Whale Gang's, or a vast, spectacular harbor?
Since this was the place, the cultivator did not hesitate. He stepped forward, intending to cross the threshold and enter the somewhat shabby-looking Daoist temple.
"Hold it!"
"Who are you, to dare trespass into Jade Truth Temple?"
A gatekeeper's servant sprang out and blocked the cultivator's path.
The servant sized the cultivator up and down, then said sternly, "This is the territory of our Jade Gold Gang. I ask that Senior not make things difficult for this lowly one."
As he spoke, he cupped his hands.
He seemed to have noticed that the cultivator with dark golden twin pupils was not someone to provoke, yet he spoke loudly without the slightest fear.
"Then all the better. The Jade Gold Gang's Sixteenth Branch Hall is precisely what I seek. Hurry and take me there."
"Senior is?"
The cultivator immediately took out his token and said, "I am the Sixteenth Hall's Hall Master, Meng Zhi!"
The servant immediately dropped to one knee and saluted. "This lowly one did not know it was Hall Master. Offending you truly deserves death."
"No need for ceremony."
Meng Zhi helped the servant up and said with a smile, "Those who do not know cannot be blamed. You were merely performing your duty faithfully. How could I blame you?"
"Come, come, hurry and take me to the branch hall. I was just