Chapter 3: First Exposure to Secular Life

  Zhang Hu gently recited a few incantations, then pointed his index finger forward and softly said "open". The immortal mist dispersed, and the scene below suddenly became clear. A group of tourists were standing on the "Dressing Platform" with great enthusiasm, overlooking the peaks of Wudang Mountain. "This is the mortal world!" Zhang Hu said, turning his head to look deeply at the beasts and demons, waving his hand, and instantly disappearing in front of their eyes. The mountain valley returned to its original state, only one less Taoist priest.

  Out of the blue, a Taoist appeared at the foot of the mountain leading to Yu Zhen Palace. This Taoist was none other than our protagonist, Zhang Hu Pan. Looking up at the distant Yu Zhen Palace on the mountaintop and watching the endless stream of tourists beside him, Zhang Hu Pan thought to himself: "This is probably where Master first cultivated his skills! I heard from Master that the main altar of Wudang is in Yu Zhen Palace, and there's also a statue of Master there. Why not follow these tourists up to take a look? And at the same time, see how Wudang has developed nowadays." So Zhang Hu Pan quietly followed behind a travel group called "Qing Shan", feeling the life energy emanating from the crowd around him. He couldn't help but shake his head secretly, thinking: "It turns out that ordinary people's life energy is so fragile, no wonder Master said humans' lifespan usually doesn't exceed 100 years."

  Because it was summer, the weather was sweltering, so when they only reached halfway up the mountain, the people from the "Green Mountain" travel group were all exhausted and unable to move. Each of them found a clean step or rock to sit on, then grabbed their water bottles and started gulping down water desperately. Seeing that they had stopped, although the sunlight was no longer strong enough to cause Zhang Huban any harm, he still habitually found a shady spot to sit in, and took the opportunity to listen to the tourists' chatter from all directions. To Zhang Huban at present, everything that came out of the tourists' mouths was so strange, even their clothes made him feel amazed.

  Zhang Huban sat in the shade, quietly listening to their conversation and secretly observing the group of people in front of him who made him feel both familiar and strange. Suddenly, Zhang Huban felt a flash of light before his eyes and discovered that under a large tree above him on the right, two very beautiful girls were standing, both wearing relatively transparent flower-patterned T-shirts, with ultra-short cowboy shorts below, their long legs, vaguely visible fiery upper body, making people's imagination run wild. Although Zhang Huban was already over 100 years old, he had been living in seclusion in the deep mountains since childhood and had never seen such a stunning scene before. The Daoist heart he had cultivated for a hundred years actually stirred up a ripple. "Could it be that this is what women are like? Their legs look extremely beautiful, and the pair of bulging flesh on their chest, why is it so strange? It's actually making my heartbeat accelerate! No wonder Master wanted me to come down the mountain to cultivate, these worldly women almost made me lose control of my Daoist heart. It seems that I really need to strengthen my cultivation of the Daoist heart!"

  Zhang Huban was thinking to himself while occasionally glancing at the two girls in front of him, especially the one on the right who seemed slightly more mature, with a tall and slender figure, an oval face, cherry lips, and appeared to be around 24 or 25 years old. In fact, it wasn't just Zhang Huban who was checking out the two girls; many other men in the group were also secretly peeking at them, especially one young man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt who looked quite handsome. He would occasionally glance over their long legs in the air and then reluctantly shift his gaze away, swallowing hard.

  Although Lin Ling and Zhao Liya knew that many men in the group were sneaking peeks at them, especially that young man who thought he was so handsome and was sticking to them like a shadow, until they gave him a warning glance. Now, that young man only dared to sneak glances at them from afar.

  But what they didn't expect was that a Taoist priest who had joined their group halfway would brazenly stare at them, especially spending a long time gazing at their chests. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Ling's family elder had told her that Wudang Mountain was a place where dragons and snakes mixed together, and that there were many high-ranking people emerging from there, and if Lin Ling hadn't hinted to Zhao Liya several times, Zhao Liya would have already gone up to Zhang Huban and given him a good scolding.

  Poor Zhang Huban still didn't know that the two beauties in front of him had despised him thousands of times, and he was still curiously sizing up this legendary woman. In his heart, he quietly compared different parts of their bodies with his own, concluding that women's bodies were weaker than men's, but their breasts were more magnificent than men's. "I wonder if their lower body is the same as a man's?" A strange thought suddenly popped into Zhang Huban's mind. His eyes uncontrollably looked towards the part of a woman's body that she couldn't bear to be seen.

  Zhao Liya stood up again, uncontrollably gasping for air. Lin Ling was also somewhat annoyed at the young Taoist in front of her and no longer stopped Zhao Liya. Poor Zhang Huban was still struggling with whether or not to use Tianyan Tong to investigate, when he suddenly felt a surge of murderous aura. Although this murderous aura couldn't be considered as such for him in his Yuan Ying period, Zhang Huban still looked at the younger woman approaching him with confusion. Having never been in contact with women before, he actually felt a wave of panic as Zhao Liya drew closer, and his pale face even flushed slightly red.

  Zhao Lianya saw Zhang Huban's slightly panicked look and thought he was going to escape, so she unconsciously quickened her pace. In one step, she rushed in front of Zhang Huban and quickly stretched out her hand towards his neck. Although Zhang Huban was not familiar with the world, he could still distinguish between someone attacking him or embracing him. His body was as soft as silk, and with a gentle breeze, he dodged Zhao Lianya's attack. This movement flashed by like lightning, making it seem to outsiders that Zhao Lianya had run up to Zhang Huban for no reason and punched the air next to his shoulder. Only Lin Ling and the young man in white knew that Zhao Lianya had encountered a master of the "grabbing hand" technique. The young man in white had also practiced some, but Zhao Lianya had subdued him with just a light grab earlier. Now, the Taoist priest in front of her stood there as if nothing had happened, which could only mean that he was also a high-ranking expert.

  Zhao Liya thought that a move that was sure to hit, unexpectedly allowed the stinky Taoist in front of her to dodge easily and even smile at her. The momentum was not small. So Zhao Liya changed her move and used the Zhao family's eighteen-fist method. The Zhao family's eighteen-fists were created by Zhao Liya's ancestor, Zhao Kuangyi, and when practiced to the extreme, could shatter granite that was as hard as steel. Although Zhao Liya had only reached the fifth level, and was still some distance from the ninth level, her one punch could already shatter several bricks, which in the eyes of ordinary people was already very formidable. Unfortunately, Zhao Liya today encountered a legendary immortal, and an extremely formidable one at that.

  When Zhao Liya exerted her mighty "气吞山河" (Breath of the Mountain and River), she felt a gentle force wrapping around her fist, rendering it immobile. Despite using all her might, her face turned red with effort, but her fist didn't budge an inch. Lin Ling knew Zhao Liya's limits and realized they had encountered a true master. She hastily stepped forward and said: "Young Master, please spare us! My sister Liya unknowingly offended you; I apologize on her behalf!"

  "Sister Lin, don't apologize to this pervert! Hurry up the mountain and ask Auntie Song to come over and teach this stinky Taoist a lesson!" Zhao Liya said, her eyes welling up with tears as she glared fiercely at Zhang Hupan.

  "Miss, let your sister go, but don't let her hit me again! What does 'pervert' mean? And tell your sister not to call me a stinky Taoist, am I really that smelly?" Zhang Huban looked at Lin Ling with a puzzled face.

  Lin Ling looked at Zhang Hu Pan's anxious and wronged expression, especially his clear eyes. As someone who had seen many people, she knew that was not intentional. So Lin Ling nodded: "Okay, I promise my sister will no longer attack you or scold you! Just, just don't look at us like that without reason."

  Zhang Huban was stunned, realizing that staring at the girl was impolite, and maybe staring at her all along made him a pervert. Having figured this out, Zhang Huban became even more flustered, deeply regretting his reckless behavior. He hastily withdrew the strand of divine energy binding Zhao Liya, not daring to unfold his magic to fly away, which would be too shocking. Instead, he turned bright red and hastily retreated towards the mountain top, fleeing in disarray.