Chapter 55
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"Why don't you let me go?" Zhang Zhaoyi heard the spirit: "I also want to go and see, what is the crystal vein like, doesn't it mean that there are immortal crystals everywhere?"
Sheng Jin didn't have a trace of a smile on his face: "Boy, that's not a new and fun thing, if you want to fight with real blood and guns, if you are not careful, you will never come back." ”
After Zhang Zhao left from the Yangxian Hall, he found Elder Gu's hall, and saw that Elder Gu was sitting in the hall drinking tea, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Gu, do you want to go to the crystal vein too?"
Elder Gu saw him coming: "Why are you here? Of course I have to go for this kind of thing." Zhang Zhao asked again: "Senior Sister Mo, are they also going?"
Elder Gu shook his head: "If they don't go, Mo Junfeng and Gu Yan will go." ”
Zhang Zhao asked, "Can I go?" Elder Gu looked at him expectantly and shook his head: "What are you going to do?" This is a desperate thing, and you can't help it in those moments. Zhang Zhao saw that there was no hope, so he had to say goodbye and go back.
As soon as Zhang Zhao went out, he heard the sound of bells and drums in the direction of the main hall ring again, and Elder Gu flashed behind him. Feeling the tense atmosphere around him, Zhang Zhao felt like a bystander, and nothing had anything to do with him.
The elders of Lingxiao in the main hall talked a lot, and Chang Qingzi's voice sounded: "Everyone from the same door, Yunyangling and Fengwei Hall refuse to unite with us, and Kongmengshan also said that we should not participate in this battle for the crystal vein." ”
With a resolute intent on his face, he shouted loudly: "Now it is only up to us to be able to relax ourselves, the crystal vein is about to open, and the rise and fall of the whole sect is here." Let's better strike first, the four halls of the outer martial arts will prepare the people and horses, and we will live in the crystal vein before setting off early tomorrow morning. ”
"Senior brother in charge, it's very inappropriate, if you attack so rashly, you don't even know where the enemy is, wouldn't it hurt the lives of your disciples in vain. Mo Wen first raised objections.
"I think the senior brother in charge is right, we have already prepared our manpower, so let's go. Elder Yan and several other elders of the Outer Martial Arts Hall didn't wait, and turned around and walked out of the main hall.
"It's a mess, how can this work?" Some of the elders narrowed their eyes, feeling that Chang Qingzi's plan was too risky. Mo Wen also sighed loudly: "Please think twice." ”
Early the next morning, the elder disciples of the Lingxiao Outer Martial Arts Hall all dispatched with blades and armor, and more than 200 disciples of Tianji Pavilion, under the leadership of Jiang Tai, loaded dozens of crossbows on the wooden cart, Gu Qianzhong was dressed in red at the front of the team, and nearly a thousand people went straight to the northeast.
On the slope of Kongmeng Mountain opposite, an old man in a yellow robe embroidered with cloud patterns stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the Lingxiao team winding towards him shaking his head and sighing: "The authorities are confused, I see that Chang Qingzi is going to cause a big disaster this time, just with these horses, how can he occupy the crystal vein?" Behind him stood three old men who were also dressed in yellow robes, all squinting at Lingxiao's team gradually moving away.
"Since he doesn't listen to the master, let them go. Recently, the Lingxiao people have become more and more disobedient, and they should be allowed to touch some nails. Speaking this old man is rich, at first glance he looks like a rich man, with a fat face, thin eyes, slightly upturned corners of his mouth, and a very kind expression, but a cold light flashes in his eyes: "It's best that they are really destroyed by people, and we can take over the territory of Lingxiao openly, so as not to have to take into account the friendship of our predecessors." ”
A thin old man standing at the end frowned slightly: "Master, why don't we help Ling Xiao win the crystal vein in one fell swoop, even if you divide half of the immortal crystal, it is enough to make up for the loss." ”
Xia Hanshan, the head of Kongmeng, who was standing at the forefront, did not reply: "Chengdao, if we help Lingxiao this time, Lingxiao's strength will be even stronger, and it will not be more and more difficult to control in the future?"
Although Lingxiao's team was no longer visible in front of him, Xia Hanshan still looked in that direction and said coldly: "Although Lingxiao has been tolerating all these years, everything they have done shows that they want to get out of the void. The businesses that we work with would rather be given away for nothing than driven by us. ”
"Not only that, more than a dozen elders in the Lingxiao Sect, including Chang Qingzi, have been immersed in penance all these years, and we still don't know what realm Gu Qianzhong is, Gu Jianming, Tian Yingxiang, and Yan Fengwu of the Outer Martial Arts Four Halls are said to be about to reach the Yin and Yang realm. There are also Pang Feiyang, the Shi family brothers, even Zonghai, and Jiang Tai are also in the realm of the peak of the five qi. Although there is still a gap between them and our strength, if they are allowed to develop again, how can the result be predicted?"
Xia Hanshan looked back at Huang Chengdao, who had just spoken, and shook his head: "So we must not help Lingxiao this time, we have not fallen into the well and have taken into account the friendship between the two factions for hundreds of years." This time, Chang Qingzi is so decisive in battle, why is he not in a hurry to increase his strength?"
Huang Chengdao did not echo casually: "Boss, I think the alliance of the two factions should treat each other with sincerity, Lingxiao and my Kongmeng are only dozens of miles apart, and they have always echoed each other from afar, if Lingxiao is stronger, there is no harm in being Kongmeng." Why do you have to be on the lookout for everything?"
Xia Hanshan was displeased: "Enlightenment, this kind of thing is not as simple as you think, besides, we are a hundred miles away from the crystal vein, if we rush out, it will inevitably be true." Huang Chengdao wanted to say more, but when he saw Xia Hanshan turn around and leave, he had to keep silent.
There were also people on Lingxiao's side who stood on the mountain road and watched, Zhang Zhao and some disciples who stayed behind in Lingxiao stood together, watching the team go away, and their hearts were full of regret.
"Why don't you let us go?" He turned his head and saw that Mo Suyan and the three were also there, and walked over and asked, "I want to follow them to capture the crystal vein." ”
Among the three daughters' fathers and brothers, except for Mo Wen who stayed in Lingxiao, the rest were all in the team that went away, and Tian Yuqin, who was concerned, looked at Zhang Zhao and reprimanded: "This time is different from the last time, my father said when he left, I'm afraid half of them won't be able to come back." ”
Her eyes were red: "And let me take good care of myself, he used to be like this every time he went out." She glared at Zhang Zhao: "Are you going out to play? It's a good thing to stay at home." ”
Zhang Zhao looked at the second daughter of Mo Gu, who was also full of worry in her eyes, didn't dare to say more, and turned around and went back to her small courtyard. He also had no heart to go to the lake or pick melons and fruits. took out the soft armor made of bat skin, Zhang Zhao compared it on his body, and then stood in the courtyard and practiced the Qiankun knife technique a few times.
These days, the golden characters in his brain have increased rapidly, and the fourth verse of eight words has made Zhang Zhao's feelings extremely keen, and every time the little white monkey grabs the jade plate in his waist, Zhang Zhao will clearly perceive it.
Now Zhang Zhao's ears are bright and clear-sighted, and he feels quite orderly with the Qiankun knife technique with one hand and the other hand to break the immortals, but unfortunately he can't use his strength, and the whole mountain is busy with the matter of the crystal vein, but he can only practice in his own courtyard after delivering the meal, and he is so suffocated that he is burning all over his body.
On the third day after Lingxiao's team left, when Zhang Zhao went to the back kitchen to pick up food, he found that many of the back kitchen disciples were dressed lightly, even the fat master.
"Fat master, what are you doing?" he asked, carrying the food box, "why don't you bring an apron?"
The fat master looked at him: "Deliver food to those people who will go out for a while, and it is not a trivial matter for thousands of people to eat and drink." ”
When Zhang Zhao heard this, he had nothing to do with himself, so he agreed and was going out, walked a few steps, stopped and thought about it, and asked, "Fat master, aren't you just going to deliver food?"
The fat master looked at him: "Although the fight hasn't started yet, it's a matter of time or time, and it may be dangerous to deliver food, what are you doing with it?"
As soon as he heard that the fat master's tone seemed to be hopeful, Zhang Zhao turned around and pasted it: "Fat master, just let me go, I go fast and have the strength, I can help you a lot." ”
The fat master knew that he was very capable, and transporting the meals of thousands of people at one time did give him a headache: "Okay, I'll take you with me, but you have to hurry, we'll go." ”
"Right away. Zhang Zhao turned around and walked out of the house, his feet quickened, and in a moment he arrived at the Yangxian Hall, and the elders felt that something was wrong when they saw his appearance, and before they could ask Zhang Zhao, they said that they were going to deliver food.
"Elders, I'm going now, I'll ask the fat master to find someone to bring your dinner. After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and ran out of the Yangxian Hall.
Back in the small courtyard, Zhang Zhao put on the Bat King armor, took Buzheng and Poxian with him, and ran down the mountain road with a smoke. When I entered the back kitchen, I saw that the fat master and his party were lining up to carry dry food and water bladders.
"I'm coming. Zhang Zhao cheered and joined their team. He carried hundreds of pounds of things on his back alone, and his body was high and bulging like a hill. The fat master looked at it and nodded: "It's okay, it's really useful to take you." ”
More than 100 disciples in the back kitchen got off the Lingxiao and went straight to the northeast. The location of the crystal vein is a hill, surrounded by low mountains and forests that are undulating and intermittent, and at a glance, there are countless paths connecting the hills, but there is nothing dangerous.
The distance between the crystal vein and Lingxiao was less than a hundred miles, and in the direction of the constantly flashing Ruicai in the sky, the disciples in the back kitchen carried them on their shoulders, and drove more than a hundred mules and horses that were also full of food and water, and after walking for more than an hour, they saw a Lingxiao camp tent appear in front of them.
There was an intermittent whistle sound from the tree, all the way over, Zhang Zhao felt that there seemed to be a lot of people in the woods on both sides, he approached the fat master and asked, "Fat master, is there anyone on these two sides?"
The fat master smiled: "Of course, around the camp, there must be open posts and secret posts, otherwise what if someone sneaks up on you?"
After receiving the report from the outpost, Mo Junfeng and the others in the Lingxiao camp greeted them, and then they entered. The view here was wide, and Zhang Zhao saw that the trees around the camp had been cut clean, and not far away there was a wooden cart with a dark crossbow on it. Many Lingxiao disciples clinged to their blades and patrolled back and forth.
Looking at this fresh scene, Zhang Zhao's heart was excited, and when he saw Gu Yan nodding at him, Zhang Zhao walked up and asked mysteriously, "Senior Brother Gu, how are you fighting these days?"
Gu Yan looked at him for a while: "What are you fighting?"
"Aren't you here to occupy the crystal vein and start a war with other sects?" Zhang Zhao looked at Gu Yan's appearance and asked, "In which direction is the enemy, and are there many people?"
Gu Yan smiled when he heard this: "Let's come early, no one from those sects has come yet, Master Gu said that it will take a few days before anyone comes." Looking at Zhang Zhao's disappointed look, Gu Yan said strangely: "Why do you look more anxious than us?"
Zhang Zhao sighed: "Senior Brother Gu, I am almost suffocated to death every day when I stay in Lingxiao, and I think about what the situation here is every day, but you haven't started yet." ”
After unloading the dry food and water in the camp, the back kitchen disciples embarked on the return journey, and after going up the Lingxiao Mountain Road, they saw Mo Suyan and the three girls waiting in the back kitchen from a distance, and when they saw the fat master, they all ran up and asked, "Uncle Fang, how is it over there." ”
The fat master was busy with Zhang Luo's affairs, and replied casually: "It's all good, there hasn't been a fight yet." Then he ignored them. Zhang Zhao walked back to the backyard, heard footsteps, and turned around to see the third girl following.
"Zhang Zhao, what's going on over there?" Mo Suyan and the three of them were all worried.
"I don't think it's okay, Senior Brother Gu said that no one from other sects has come yet, and Senior Brother Mo is also fine. Zhang Zhao smiled: "I don't think it's as dangerous as you say." This time back and forth, all I saw were my own people. ”
Tian Yuqin shook her head: "It's definitely not that simple, every time you come back, you have to tell us a few about the situation." ”
Every two days, Zhang Zhao went to deliver water with the disciples of Lingxiao's back kitchen, and Mo Suyan's three daughters waited for him to come back every time to ask questions. Zhang Zhao saw that the expressions of the three of them became more and more solemn, and he didn't know how to explain it.
On this day, they unloaded their things from Lingxiao's camp, and were just about to get up and return, when the horn sounded in their ears, and the Lingxiao disciples who were eating in front of the camp got up one after another, picked up their weapons, and gathered into a team. The elders of Lingxiao all came out of the tent, but there was no nervous expression on their faces.
"Is it finally here?, let's see who started this first battle with us. Elder Yan, who was holding a semicircular giant axe in his hand, was full of anticipation, and the Shi brothers behind him were also full of fighting spirit, roaring in their throats.
A few miles to the northeast of the camp, there were several dirt hills, and there were five or six mountain roads leading to various places, and on one of the roads came a procession, carrying a banner of golden flowers, and at the front of a dozen horses sat an old man in a golden robe.
"Jing Huaqi, it's Xu Yueming from the Thorn Gate. Tian Yingxiang squinted his eyes and counted: "There are only five or six hundred people, and they want to fight with us, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead." ”
A burst of smoke rose from the mountain road east of the Thorn Gate team, and in the smoke and dust, a cavalry rushed up quickly, and the knights were dressed in different clothes. This team came first, and rushed to the front of the Lingxiao camp first.
"Bafang fireworks, Zhao Zhan'an and they are also here. Pang Feiyang, dressed in green clothes, stood behind Tian Yingxiang, observing the trend of the two teams, and frowned: "How do I feel that they seem to be together?"
With his words, the team of the Thorn Gate really formed a horn and stood side by side with the horse team of Bafang City. More than a dozen elders in golden robes and embroidered thorns rode forward and joined the people of Bafang City.
The Lingxiao crowd was watching, and a sharp whistle sounded. A team dressed in green, led by several old men, appeared on another mountain trail.
"Brother Dou, you're late. Zhao Zhan'an, whose forehead was like a sword, greeted loudly, and Xu Yueming beside him also waved at the team of Cuiliu Peak.
felt the deliberate sense of majesty released by the words and deeds of the two opposites. In front of the Lingxiao camp, Gu Qianzhong's red clothes were fluttering, and his face was still light.
"The fact that the three of them actually joined forces is really interesting. ”
"Friends of Lingxiao on the other side, the three of us are here, don't you retreat?" After Cuiliufeng's team also stood together, Zhao Zhan'an, the city lord of the Eight Directions, looked at Lingxiao's side and shouted: "Why do you have to meet with swords? It is clear that your strength is not good, so quickly let out the crystal vein and retreat to the mountain gate." ”
The red light flashed under Gu Qianzhong's feet, supporting his body and flying up, and the whole person walked forward like a flame, stopping at a distance of less than ten zhang from the three of them, looking at the three powerhouses of the Yin and Yang Realm in front of him, but he spoke without mercy.
"With a thousand people who are just scraping together, you still want us to retreat?" he looked at the horse team behind Zhao Zhan'an: "It seems that the city lord of Zhao has made a bloody investment, and there are so many people, you must be in charge of the union." ”
"Gu Qianzhong, although your cultivation is higher than ours, but the three of us join forces, how can you be the enemy? Wouldn't it be for your disciples to die in vain?" Xu Guangrui looked at Gu Qianzhong's attitude and was not angry, and stood a few feet away from the three of Dou Hai later, looking at Gu Qianzhong.
"It's very simple, come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair, the three of you go together, at most we will die together. Gu Qianzhong said casually, as if he was saying something like good weather, not about the life and death of the top powerhouse.
"No wonder you are younger than us, but your realm is a cut higher. Dou Hai, who was dressed in a green robe and had eight-character eyebrows and a mustache, exclaimed: "In the face of three opponents in the Yin and Yang realm, you can still be so relaxed, this state of mind is really extraordinary." ”
Gu Qianzhong glanced at the three people opposite: "Do you want to start now, or wait for you to discuss who will go first?" After finishing speaking, he looked at it with a leisurely expression, as if the three people on the opposite side were at a disadvantage with one enemy and three enemies.
On the other side, Zhao Zhan'an and the three of them really didn't know how to deal with it for a while. The Lingxiao team has been staying here for more than ten days, and they have already figured out the situation clearly, in their minds, the three factions of the alliance army together have more than 2,000 people, three Yin Yang realm cultivators, and more than 20 elders of the Five Qi realm.
Unexpectedly, Gu Qianzhong put on a posture of fighting to the death at the beginning, and the people of Lingxiao were even more fighting, although the number of the three factions was numerous, after all, they had their own intentions, but no one dared to rush first.
"Sure enough, it's terrifying. As the old man's voice came, an old man walked far away with a wooden cane, and when everyone first looked at him, his figure was still at the end of the mountain road in the distance, and they didn't see him striding forward, but he appeared next to the four Yin Yang Realm cultivators in the field like a teleportation.
The old man's head was sparsely white hairs fluttering, his chin was thin and his white beard was curly, he looked old, and when he approached, he stood tremblingly with a wooden cane in both hands, looking like he was about to fall down at any moment.
"Old Zheng, you actually went out of the mountain too?" Xu Guangrui, who was over seventy years old, said a salute to the old man who seemed to be able to be blown down by a gust of wind: "I don't know if Old Zheng is coming, what are you doing?"
"Guangrui, you are also old. "This old man is Zheng Fengze, the only remaining elder of the Invincible Sect, except for Xu Guangrui, who had met him a few times back then, Gu Qianzhong and the three of them had only heard of his name and had not seen him.
Zheng Fengze looked at the four people in the field and nodded slightly: "Although the old man is old, he also wants to earn some food and drink for the children while he is still angry." Although the invincible men are thin, they can still make up three or four hundred people. ”
As he spoke, a team of gray-robed men came from the mountain road he had come, and although they seemed to be small in number and the weapons in their hands were a little old, they were all in good spirits, and they stood far behind them all the way. It forms a triangle with Lingxiao and the alliance of the three factions.
"Does Elder Zheng mean that he also wants a piece of the pie?" Zhao Zhan'an reacted very quickly: "Just rush to the name of Elder Zheng, the four of us will unite and divide this crystal vein equally." ”
Although Xu Guangrui and Dou Hai didn't want to intervene in the Invincible Gate again, Gu Qianzhong was powerful in front of them, and it was certainly more secure to have one more Yin Yang Realm cultivator. Surprisingly, without waiting for the two of them to react, Zheng Fengze shook his head.
"Thank you City Lord Zhao for your kindness, I didn't plan to join forces with your three factions. As soon as he heard what he said, Xu Guangrui immediately took back the good words that he was about to export: "Old Zheng, what do you mean by this? ”
Zhao Zhan'an and the three of them looked at the hundreds of people in the Invincible Gate with disdain, but they didn't expect Zheng Fengze to look at Gu Qianzhong and say: "Gu Qianzhong, we are with you Lingxiao, I only need one percent of the crystal vein, what do you think?"
Xu Guangrui couldn't help it: "Old Zheng, are you really confused?" He stretched out three fingers and shook them, and then added another: "Our three factions, plus your invincible sect, each faction can be divided into two into five." Why do you want to join forces with Lingxiao, but only get a 10%?"
Zheng Fengze ignored him, just waiting for Gu Qianzhong's reaction, and Gu Qianzhong didn't understand why this old man who suddenly arrived had to join forces with Lingxiao. He looked at Zheng Fengze and arched his hand: "I have heard the name of Zheng Lao for a long time, and today I see that it is really extraordinary, and I don't understand the matter of joining forces, and I hope you will give me some advice." ”
Zhao Zhan'an and the three were also confused, and the four looked at Zheng Fengze and waited for him to give an answer. I saw Zheng Fengze straightening his curly beard with a few locks of beard, and then returned to his original state after letting go.
He grinned and smiled, "I don't understand this, I'm here for the good of all of us." ”
Zheng Fengze stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the three faction alliances: "Although you have a large number of people, there is no discipline in the real fight, plus our hundreds of people, even if we can defeat Lingxiao, we must have suffered heavy losses." ”
Zhao Zhan'an nodded with a sneer: "Elder Zheng, what you said is true, but if you join Lingxiao, there is no loss? ”
"What about Huanghuadong Mansion?" Zheng Fengze asked thoughtlessly, and Zhao Zhan'an, who couldn't keep up with his thinking, stared at each other blankly. Gu Qianzhong understood what he meant.
"I see, I understand what Elder Zheng means, and I am willing to join forces with the Invincible Gate. Zheng Fengze was overjoyed: "Okay, then let's make a deal." ”
"What's the deal?" Xu Guangrui hurriedly said: "Old Zheng, let's turn our faces and turn them in the open, what do you mean by this east and west sentence?"
Zheng Fengze got Gu Qianzhong's reply, he was in a good mood, looked at Xu Guangrui and explained: "Guangrui, you think I am giving up more and asking for less, but in fact, only in this way can we have the crystal vein without hurting the vitality without hurting the vitality." ”
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