Nightmare

Watching the mysterious figure in the Mountain Ghost mask depart, Fu Baosong mused, "He seemed to recognize me."

The old Dean sighed and picked up the two Daoist manuals left on the chair. "He said his name was Zhang Linchuan. Do you have any impression of him?"

Fu Baosong thought for a moment and said, "When Maple Forest Territory still existed, during that Three Cities Dao Discussion, there was a senior brother from Maple Forest City who practiced the Thunder Method named Zhang Linchuan. He eventually lost to Senior Brother Lin Zhengren."

The Dean glanced at his disciple. He was well aware of Lin Zhengren's attitude toward Fu Baosong and understood that Fu Baosong had never gotten along with the Lin Family. Yet, Fu Baosong never spoke ill of them behind their backs; even when mentioning Lin Zhengren, he always addressed him as "Senior Brother." This child never lacked the courage to confront darkness head-on, but he possessed none of the spiteful malice that leads to backstabbing.

It was precisely these small details that led him to choose to pass his life's work to Fu Baosong, rather than to Lin Zhengren, who possessed superior talent and strength.

These thoughts passed only briefly through his mind. The Dean of the Wangjiang City Daoist Academy said aloud, "That is impossible. I know Zhengren's strength well. Even the current Zhengren could never be as powerful as that person just now. Moreover, the entire Maple Forest Territory sank into the Netherworld; not a blade of grass survived. How could that Zhang Linchuan possibly be alive?"

Thinking of the Maple Forest City that had turned into a ghost realm overnight, Fu Baosong felt a pang of sorrow and speculated, "Perhaps it is an alias, or maybe just a coincidence of names."

"I hope it is