The Way of the Immortal Master

Hearing An Lei's long-lost name, Meng Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and then his face became complicated.

It should be more than 30 years from now. At that time, Meng Zhang had not joined the Taiyi Gate for a few years.

An Lei, the Patriarch of the An Family, happened to pass by nearby and came to visit Taiyi Gate.

Before the Taiyi Sect moved to the Shuangfeng Valley, it was still a foundation-building sect with several monks in the foundation-building period, and had been a vassal of the Feihong sect for a while.

But later the mountain gate was breached by the army of sand monsters, and the remaining disciples did not dare to stay where they were, so they had to move to the north, settle in a more desolate and remote place, and then rebuild the sect.

The ancestors of the An family had a good relationship with the Taiyi Sect before the relocation. The two have a close relationship and have fought against the enemy many times.

It was only after the Taiyi Gate moved that the two families slowly lost contact.

Since passing by this time, An Lei stopped by to visit some old friends and reminisce about the past.

For An Lei's visit, the upper and lower sides of the Taiyi Gate naturally received it warmly.

An Lei didn't even expect that Taiyi Sect, the foundation-building sect, would be so weak.

Not only did all the monks in the foundation building period sit down, but no new monks in the foundation building period were born, and it was even reduced to the point where there were no monks in the late stage of Qi refining.

An Lei is not a villain of that kind of power. He still treated each other with courtesy and communicated enthusiastically with the Taiyi Sect at that time.

When he was a guest at Taiyi Gate, An Lei found the young Meng Zhang.

Although he didn't know that Meng Zhang had a high-grade spiritual root, An Lei still took a fancy to him who was smart, quick-witted, and had extraordinary understanding.

An Lei observed carefully, and felt that Meng Zhang's spiritual root aptitude must not be bad.

Therefore, An Lei proposed to the head of the Taiyi Sect at the time, Taoist Master Xuanling, that he wanted to bring Meng Zhang back to An's family, cultivate him carefully, and make him a member of An's family.

The Taiyi Gate is full of people, out of the desire to curry favor with An Jia, they are all happy to see this matter accomplished.

But Taoist Xuanling was not keen on this. Meng Zhang himself resolutely refused and insisted on staying in the Taiyi Gate. Meng Zhang even said that he was born as a member of Taiyimen and died as a ghost of Taiyimen.

An Lei is a very gracious elder, and he was not displeased by Meng Zhang's refusal.

An Lei admired Meng Zhang very much. Before leaving, he gave Meng Zhang some pointers and gave him a gift bag.

Although they are just some common things like spirit stones and talismans, they are not worth mentioning in the eyes of monks in the foundation building period, but to Meng Zhang at that time, they were a generous gift. Later, this generous gift helped Meng Zhang solve many difficulties.

I haven't seen him for decades, but Meng Zhang has always kept in mind his kindness and help to An Lei. This time I came to Feihongzong's territory, and I also planned to visit An's family along the way.

"Are you really the granddaughter of Senior An Lei'an?"

"En." The little girl nodded heavily.

"My name is An Xiaoran. In the past, I heard it mentioned by my grandfather and family members. He said that he found an outstanding young man at Taiyi Gate. Unfortunately, this young man named Meng Zhang, I don’t want to leave the Taiyi Gate.”

"It's been so many years, Senior An still remembers me." Meng Zhang sighed.

"By the way, why are you here alone? How is Senior An doing?"

After hearing Meng Zhang's question, An Xiaoran's mood was obviously depressed, and his face was full of clouds.

Before Meng Zhang could ask, An Xiaoran took the initiative to tell the story for Meng Zhang.

It turned out that a few years ago, An Lei led the elite family and was recruited by Feihongzong to go to the front line to fight against the army of sand monsters.

After a series of battles, the elite of the An family were wiped out, and even An Lei was seriously injured, his foundation was shaken.

After the war, An Lei returned to the family, only to find that the family was about to change.

Zeng Jiexiong, a monk with a foreign surname, has unknowingly grasped the power of the An family.

Born in a family of casual cultivators, he was favored by the seniors of the An family because of his excellent qualifications. He was recruited into the An family, married a woman from the An family, and became the son-in-law of the An family.

On weekdays, Zeng Jiexiong is low-key, honest and diligent, and he is not very eye-catching in Anjia.

Later, Zeng Jiexiong's younger brother Zeng Jiantang worshiped Feihongzong, and successfully established the foundation, becoming Feihongzong's inner disciple.

After that, Zeng Jiexiong's status in Anjia began to improve slowly.

Before An Lei led the elite of the family to go to war, Zeng Jiexiong was first recruited by his younger brother Zeng Jiantang using his relationship. He was assigned to the logistics team and successfully avoided the bloody fighting on the front line.

Zeng Jiexiong, who was being looked after by someone, actually raised enough meritorious service, and exchanged it from Feihongzong for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After successfully establishing the foundation, Zeng Jiexiong returned to the family while An Lei and others were away.

As the only foundation-building monk in the family at that time, he rejected dissidents, promoted cronies, and recruited many monks with other surnames to join the family. Many monks of the An family's direct lineage died inexplicably.

But in a few years, Anjia's life has changed.

By the time the war was over and An Lei returned to An's house, it was too late and he was powerless.

An Lei was seriously injured and dying, his lifespan was running out, and he was powerless to fight Zeng Jiexiong.

As a last resort, An Lei could only rely on the little prestige left as a monk in the foundation establishment period, and began to arrange for the family members to be close to the younger generation.

An Xiaoran awakened his spiritual roots during An Lei's expedition.

Among the family at that time, the An family members were rejected by Zeng Jiexiong.

Except for some members of the An family who took the initiative to seek refuge with Zeng Jiexiong, the rest of the family suffered various embarrassments.

An Xiaoran awakened her spiritual root, and no one measured the quality and physical attributes of her spiritual root.

She could only use her intuition to secretly find a copy of "Burning Wood Kung Fu" from the family library to practice.

After An Lei returned to An's house, he was busy arranging funeral affairs, and didn't have time to take care of An Xiaoran's cultivation.

Before he died, An Lei arranged for An Xiaoran and her younger brother An Moran to come to Guixiang Oasis together.

Huang Ping, the person in charge of Guixiang Oasis, owed An Lei a favor on the battlefield. After he received An Lei's handwritten letter, he took in An Xiaoran and his brother.

Not long ago, news of An Lei's death spread from the An family.

Once An Lei died, the An family completely fell into Zeng Jiexiong's hands.

While listening to An Xiaoran's narration, Meng Zhang used his telepathy to read An Xiaoran's mind.

An Xiaoran didn't lie, every word he said was the truth.

Hearing the news of An Lei's death, Meng Zhang's face was also heavy, with a bit of sadness.

I really didn't expect that such a respectable senior as An Lei would die like this.

I originally wanted to visit him, but I came a step too late, and I didn't even see him for the last time.

After An Lei's death, the An family didn't end well, so he probably wouldn't die with peace.

The An family's position among the vassals of the Feihong sect was relatively remote, and after Zeng Jiexiong took charge of the An family, he deliberately blocked all kinds of news about the An family from leaking out.

If Meng Zhang hadn't met An Xiaoran by chance today, he probably wouldn't know anything about what happened to An Lei and An's family.

Before leaving, the news about Feihongzong from the black market was still too rough.