Song Qi is a mysterious and important thing. Wei Ze'an once suggested that the Xuandeng Dao people build a platform in the city, so that they don't have to worry about the enemy's interference. However, the Xuandeng Daoist said that the Seven Arrows technique is different from the ordinary Nightmare Town, and it must be done on the top of the high mountain, so as to feel the heaven and the earth, control the gods and demons, and take people's lives.

There are no high mountains around Tianluo Pass, and the West Mountain is an independent peak, about 100 zhang high, and there are no mountains around it.

At this moment, on the top of the West Mountain, in the middle of a three-story platform, a wooden stick carries a scarecrow, and the scarecrow's body is draped in a yellow silk cloth, and the silk cloth hunts and flutters in the breeze. The silk cloth reads: "Song Qi, the vanguard general of the Chen State." Life is made by heaven and returned to heaven and earth. ”

Around the scarecrow, according to the position of the Big Dipper, there are seven oil lamps, which are written Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shake Light, and the lights are clearly extinguished and swayed.

The balustrades on all sides of the platform were plastered with yellow charms, densely written with hieroglyphs, and the charms were fluttering in the breeze.

Under the platform, four fierce beasts, two tigers, and two lions were tied to the four sides of the high platform with thick iron chains about two zhang long, which basically blocked the way for others to ascend to the platform.

Every day, during the Chen, Shen, and Zi hours, the Xuandeng Dao people have to practice on the high platform.

At this time, when the time came, the Xuandeng Daoist rode the black panther to the top of the mountain, tied the black panther to the pillar under the high platform, and climbed the high platform from the steps himself. He lifted his hand to remove a string of red beads from his hair, which was scattered on both sides of his cheeks, and his eyes peeked out through the gaps in his hair, looking eerie.

The Xuandeng Daoist pulled out the Qingfeng Sword from his waist and pointed to the sky, and a cold light pierced through the sky.

He folded his hands, chanted words in his mouth, and after reciting about half a pillar of incense, he suddenly pointed the Qingfeng Sword at the shaking light, and the lamp placed on the shaking light was suddenly extinguished. The charms on the four sides of the high platform fluttered. The scarecrow representing Song Qi also trembled.

An evil smile appeared on the corner of the Xuandeng Daoist's mouth, and he stepped his right foot into the position of shaking the light. Then he raised his head to the sky, chanted words in his mouth, and after reading for a long time, he pointed the blade of the sword abruptly to the position of Kaiyang, and the lamp placed on Kaiyang went out at once. The scarecrow representing Song Qi shook even more violently.

"Song Qi, in three days, you will return to the West with your life! Ha ha! The Xuanlan Daoist stared at the scarecrow with vicious eyes, laughing loudly, while quickly wielding the Qingfeng Sword. All the cold light emitted by the blade of the sword swirled around the scarecrow's body, as if it was mercilessly striking Song Qi's body.

"Roar~" The black panther chained to the bottom of the platform suddenly let out a low roar, as if to remind the Xuandeng Daoist that something was happening.

The Xuandeng Daoist glanced down the mountain, only to see tens of thousands of Chen Guobing appear at the bottom of the mountain in the northeast, coming in a long way, less than three miles away from the foot of the mountain.

The Xuandeng Daoist did not stop doing the method, and said with a cruel smile while doing it: "It's finally here." I'm going to let you have no return! ”

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It is about fifty miles from Daying to Xishan.

After two hours of rapid travel, when the sun rose in the eastern sky, the western mountain was already in sight, and a red figure on the top of the mountain could be faintly seen.

Hua Meng raised the iron rod in his hand and pointed to the west mountain, and said loudly: "Speed up!" Take this mountain in one fell swoop! Then he took the lead and galloped forward.

The generals in the back also sped up.

Suddenly, a black figure jumped out of the dense forest beside the road, and the man shouted, "Stop! He opened his hands to block Hua Meng's way.

Hua Meng waved his stick and was about to sweep over, when he suddenly saw that it was Mao Yong who was blocking the way.

Hua Meng withdrew the stick, frowned, and asked again and again in puzzlement: "Mao Yong, why are you?" How did you avoid the Panthers, how did you end up here, and why did you stop? ”

Mao Yong briefly described his thrilling experience: he was chased all the way by the panther, jumped up and down from the roof, and finally hid through the window of an inn, and the panther walked around the house for a long time before finally going back. After he left the inn, he wanted to go back to the camp at first, but then he thought that Ao Bao had already returned, so he was not in a hurry to go back. He sneaked back to the vicinity of the General's Mansion and secretly spied on the movements of the Xuandeng Daoist.

Early in the morning, he saw the Xuandeng Daoist riding a black panther, surrounded by more than a dozen small Taoist priests and hundreds of soldiers, out of the General's Mansion, and headed towards the west gate. He followed the Xuandeng Daoist from a distance and came to the edge of the West Mountain. At the same time, I felt the halfway point of the West Mountain from the forest.

Mao Yong took a breath and continued: "I found that the foot of Xishan Mountain is full of heavy soldiers. This is nothing, halfway up the mountain, there are many iron cages, and all kinds of fierce beasts are locked in the cages. It is estimated that there are no less than a hundred beasts. ”

"Huh?" When everyone heard this, they all gasped. There are still a hundred fierce beasts on the mountain, how can this mountain be attacked?

Hua Meng was also a little frightened, but since he came, he couldn't go back. He turned around and said to everyone, "The Xuandeng Dao people only performed the Beast Control Skill two days ago, and they shouldn't have recovered their strength today!" If he didn't recover his strength, he wouldn't dare to release the beast! Even if they are released, these beasts that have not been controlled by spells are not terrifying! ”

"The Xuandeng Daoist used the Beast Control Skill two days ago, and although the time has not been three days yet, it has been more than two days." Mao Yong analyzed in an excited tone, "Although he can't recover 100% of his strength, as long as he recovers half of his strength, he can control these 100 beasts." Besides, there were tens of thousands of defenders at the foot of the mountain to help him resist for a while. When we are exhausted, and then he lowers the beast down the mountain, how can we resist it? ”

Hua Meng looked at Mao Yong and asked, "Why don't you stop him?" ”

"It must be stopped, but we can't take the method of frontal assault, after all, we have not brought ballistas and stone throwers." Mao Yong said.

Hua Meng frowned and groaned for a long time, and asked, "What do you say I should do?" ”

"You have your army stationed here, pretending to be a confrontation. Divert the attention of the Xuan Lantern and the defenders under the mountain. Mao Yong said without thinking, it seemed that he had walked up the mountain, and he had already made a bamboo in his chest, "I have already found a path up the mountain, you give me five hundred warriors, and quietly climb halfway up the mountain with me, and kill the soldiers who were watching the cage before the old way of Xuandeng had not yet used the beast control skill." In that way, even if Xuan Deng made the beast control skill, those fierce beasts were locked in cages and couldn't get out, he could only be helpless. ”

"Great idea!" After hearing this, Hua Meng smiled, "It wasn't our intention to attack the mountain. Our original intention was to put a stop to the old way of doing things. After killing the soldiers guarding the cage and controlling the cage of the beast, we can directly kill to the top of the mountain and hold the old way of the Xuandeng. (To be continued.) )