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After Supreme Yuan heard it, he laughed and said, "I didn't expect it to be him. If it was Fang Xiaozi, this bookworm, he would have been a fool."

The An clan got more and more curious. "The Fourth Chief Guard knows Fang Xiaozhong?"

Supreme Yuan smiled. "I won't hide it from the manor lord. Not only am I acquainted with Fang Xiao, I am also classmates with him."

"Oh?" He then asked, "What does the Fourth Guard mean by 'schoolmates'?"

Supreme Yuan laughed, "Both of us are examinees of Hongwu's Fourteenth Year Entrance Examination. Fang Xiaoshu was a complete bookworm. I didn't expect that after so many years, this bookworm would actually become one of the four protectors of the Hidden Origin Society."

The An clan sighed more and more, "I didn't expect the Fourth Constable to have such a relationship with this Fang Xiaozhong. I don't know."

The An family was interrupted by Supreme Yuan before they could finish their sentence, "Fourth Manor Lord, Senior Yuan knows what you are going to say, I will not hide anything from you, but I will not be able to persuade you, Master Yuan. Let alone ten years ago, I was only acquainted with Fang Xiaozhong, and we are not connected to him, so even if this Fang Xiaoshu is able to hold the position of Protector now, I believe he will not be easily moved. I hope the Four Manor Lords can understand our intentions."

During the battle at the Seven Step Pavilion, the An clan was very clear on Fang Xiaozi's strength. If they could win him over, it would be best if they could at least lure him over, but who would have thought that before they could even finish their words, they would be rejected by Yuan Zun? At this moment, An Jiajia could only shake his head with a wry smile.

An Jiajia saw that there was no hope for the lobbyists, so he turned to Gu Bai and asked, "According to what you said, 'Shi Fa Chi' is most likely in the hands of Gong Wanchun, but you said that you know the whereabouts of the other two swords. Then where are the 'Fist Hair' now?"

Gu Bai said, "Master, I found out that the general who took away Fist Hair was no longer alive. If nothing unexpected happens, this Fist Hair should be in Pingyang, Shanxi Province."

"What do you mean by 'no accident'?" the more An asked.

After that, the general planted a large bamboo forest around the hut he lived in, and it was built using the Eight Trigrams Formation and the Eight Golden Lock Formations. When the disciple arrived at this place, he asked the surrounding people about it, and although the disciple had learned some strange techniques in his early years, when the disciple entered the Eight Trigrams Forest, he found out that the Eight Trigrams Forest was too ingenious. Not only was the forest huge, but the road was also filled with twists and turns, and the weather, overhead, and even the position of the moon and the moon were not different.

The more An asked, the more he heard, "Do you know how big the forest is?"

Gu Bai said, "I'm afraid that the whole of Pingyang County is surrounded by this forest. It's impossible for an incomparably large disciple to find out just how big this forest is."

After Supreme Yuan heard that, he asked, "Daoist, you've been wandering in the forest for twenty days. Can you find the residence of the deceased general?"

Gu Bai said, "No, and this humble Taoist also discovered something else. According to this humble Taoist's conjecture, this general probably never built a fixed residence."

An Jiajia asked, "What do you mean?"

"First of all, this disciple has been walking in the forest for so many days and has not discovered anything similar to a house. His second disciple has often seen things similar to a straw mat made out of rattan hanging between four bamboo mats, and there are actually hundreds of these things, so I suspect that this person has not built any residences at all, but rather has placed one of these mats made out of rattan. I'm afraid that he is doing this to add another layer of camouflage to hide the divine sword."

The An clan member thought for a while and said, "Pingyang, Shanxi, that should be where An Teng is. Cooper, do you think we can find the sword if we go through the whole bamboo forest?"

Once these words were said, Gu Bai and Yuan Zun immediately said in unison, "Absolutely not!"

An Jiayu was slightly taken aback. He glanced at the two of them and smiled. "You two are pretty good. Why can't you tell me?"

If even he was unable to smoothly walk through this bamboo forest, the difficulty of the bamboo forest could be seen. Moreover, if someone were to use this level of array formation to bury something, then they would have to use some sort of method to record the location of the hidden item, so we can only look for traces left behind by this general. Otherwise, we absolutely cannot destroy this bamboo forest, even if this general were to regrow his strength, he might not be able to find the godly sword.

The An clan elder nodded his head and was about to speak when Gu Bai continued, "And I wonder if Master learned of something today?"

"What is it?" asked the An family member.

Gu Bai said, "Ever since the Fifth Guard, Chen Longyu, was defeated by our army, the information network he set up in the north was completely destroyed. In order to restore the northern and southern connections, Yuan Chenghong handed over the remains of Yuan Chunzong's forces to Tu Xian and Xue Hongye. These two people have been active in Shan Xi for a very long time, so Brother Anteng's capture of them has yet to show any results."

The more the An clan heard, the more they asked, "Then in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Yuan Zun said: "Just now it was as Taoist said, since this general was previously deployed by Zen Master Mu, why don't we invite Zen Master Mu to ask him for the details? "Let's see if he understands this general here and is able to help us break this Bamboo Forest Formation."

The more the An family listened to him, the happier they became. "The Fourth Imperial Guard is right. Someone, quickly invite Zen Master Mu Li over. Tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

After a short while, Mu Shui came in from outside the door. She clasped her hands together and greeted the An clan member, "I wonder what Fourth Manor Lord summoned this old monk here for?"

The An clan smiled. "Master, please take a seat. Does master still remember who the godly sword 'Fist Hair' was entrusted to?"

Zen Master Mu spoke after some thought, "This old monk remembers that he entrusted 'Fist Hair' to the number one adviser under this old monk, Lu Yuliang."