Unfortunately, despite all the twists and turns along the way, Zhang Chulan still failed to inherit the Celestial Master's Degree and become the next successor to the position of Celestial Master.
For one thing, Zhang Chulan seemed to have some kind of misgiving?
For another, there simply wasn't enough time.
After all, Quanxing's villains were running amok across Mount Longhu, shouting threats and fighting so fiercely that the whole mountain was in chaos. The old Celestial Master, Zhang Zhiwei, couldn't keep hiding in that hall with Zhang Chulan, continuing the initiation and giving him pointers. So, after failing three times, the two had no choice but to temporarily suspend the ceremony. Then they left the hall together.
Afterward, when the old Celestial Master saw the flames blazing across the entire Tianshi Mansion on Mount Longhu and heard the clamor of battle everywhere, his mood sank. He didn't know how many of his disciples had been hurt or killed, so he left Zhang Chulan and the others behind and charged straight down the mountain to deal with the Quanxing villains who dared to cause trouble on his turf.
When Zhang Chulan heard from the two Taoists standing guard outside the hall that Feng Baobao had gone missing, and that Xu San, Annie, and the others had gone looking for her but might not have found her yet, he was consumed with worry. He couldn't think about anything else, so he ran down toward the battle raging amid the fires, wanting only to find his missing Baobao as soon as possible.
Soon!
Just over ten minutes later, he used his nimble footwork to race down the mountain and find a bloody battleground—or perhaps a scene from hell?
Because there, in the middle of a wooded ravine, he saw Lu Linglong covered in