Nine Palaces Mountain, White Crane Cave.
After Manjushri, Puxian, and Cihang went to Chaoge together and got their entire party wiped out, their respective disciples took over the running of their sanctuaries.
Mu Zha was naturally deeply dissatisfied with the situation. Without his master's guidance, his cultivation progressed slowly. Though he had plenty of resources and enough magic treasures left behind to use, something always seemed to be missing.
When Jiang Ziya had previously summoned the Third-Generation Disciples to Qilin Cliff, he had gone as well and received a brocade pouch.
Descending the mountain to enter the Great Tribulation was his opportunity. As a direct disciple of the Chan Sect, he naturally understood its dangers, but he valued the opportunities within it more. If he achieved fleshly apotheosis, he would practically ascend to heaven in a single step. Besides, he had great confidence in his cultivation, believing he had at least a seventy percent chance of surviving the tribulation unscathed.
The instructions in the brocade pouch, however, told him that he had to wait for someone else to leave the mountains before they could descend together and enter the tribulation.
"Ah!" Inside the cave abode, Mu Zha gazed at the Wu Gou Twin Swords in his hands and let out a long sigh.
"Second Brother." Jin Zha had just left Five Dragon Mountain to visit him. Seeing Mu Zha like this, he said, "You and your master share a deep bond. I understand how you feel with him suffering, but today, I have something important to discuss."
"Something important?" Mu Zha shook his head. His bond with Puxian as master and disciple was indeed excellent, even deeper than the father-son relationship that existed in name only. All Li Jing and Lady Yin had done was give birth to him and