Now, over on Jin Zha and Mu Zha's side.
The two headed back to Five Dragon Mountain together. After hurrying back, they failed to find Manjushri, the Heavenly Lord of Broad Law. Even the boy attendant was nowhere to be found...
They hurried over to Samantabhadra's cultivation grounds.
Likewise, they found no one!
"Where have our masters gone?"
Jin Zha and Mu Zha were frantic. After asking the attendants again, they still could not learn where their two masters had gone, so they immediately discussed it.
"Could they have gone straight to Kunlun Mountain?"
"Should we go there directly?"
But neither of them dared make such a decision on their own.
They immediately hesitated...
Manjushri, the Heavenly Lord of Broad Law, and Samantabhadra had gone to see Taoist Randeng, naturally not wishing for others to know. They had gone in secret.
Among the disciples of the Expounding Sect now,
they could roughly be divided into three factions...
First were naturally people like Nánjí and Guangchengzi. They were Yuanshi's favorites and held the greatest authority within the Expounding Sect. Then there was the group led by Taoist Randeng. Whether they shared similar temperaments or had been actively recruited by Randeng, their numbers were not small either!
Then there were a few like Yun Zhongzi and Jade Cauldron.
They got along quite well with both sides, yet neither side regarded them as their own. They were like carefree clouds and wild cranes...
Ever since Taoist Randeng had obtained the Western Sect's methods, he had tested them out and then quietly passed them on to Manjushri and the others. After cultivating them for some time, their attainments had soared!
They had immediately become much closer to "Teacher Randeng."
But they were also more cautious in their private dealings.
Fortunately, it was not long