On Wudang Mountain, Hong Xixiang slowly opened his eyes, and there was a look of enlightenment in his eyes.

The ancient sword hanging under the eaves of the main hall sensed that under the control of no one, it broke the rope by itself, and the sheath flew to Hong Xixiang's side, spinning and dancing around him.

It was like a reunion of old friends, cheerful and joyful.

Obviously, this is also a spirit sword, but there is no method of integrating human beings in this world, and it is impossible to incorporate it into the body even if it is a flood of images.

Wang Chonglou, who had been guarding the side, saw Hong Xixiang open his eyes, fell to his knees with a pop, and kowtowed: "Disciple Wang Chonglou, welcome the ancestor." ”

Wang Xiaoping, who arrived after Wang Chonglou, and the other disciples also bowed and said, "Meet Master Zu." ”

Hong Xixiang hurriedly helped Wang Chonglou up, and said, "Senior brother, what are you doing here?" Get up, everybody. ”

Wang Chonglou's lips trembled slightly, "You...... Are you the grandfather, or the junior brother? ”

Hong Xixiang smiled slightly and said: "Lu Dongxuan is me, I am not Lu Dongxuan, Hong Xixiang is Hong Xixiang." ”

The other disciples were still a little foggy, but Wang Chonglou and Wang Xiaoping understood in an instant, smiling and bowing their heads.

After saying that, Hong Xixiang pinched his fingers and muttered: "Today's signing, it is advisable to go to Jiangnan." ”

As soon as his words fell, a clear voice immediately came from the sky: "Bull rider, since you have woken up, why don't you hurry up and come to Emperor Wu City?" The eldest sister is here. ”

Wang Chonglou stroked his beard and looked at Hong Xixiang with a smile, but saw him blushing, and said abruptly: "Senior brother, fifth senior brother, Wudang will work hard for you." ”

As soon as he finished saying that he should go down to Jiangnan, someone told him that the person he wanted to see was not in Jiangnan, and his face was crackling.

Pretending to fail, he was embarrassed at this time.

Wang Chonglou laughed and said happily: "Go, go, go!" After 700 years of cultivation, it is finally considered a complete merit. ”

Hong Xixiang grinned, reached out and grabbed the saber, carried it on his back, and tied the rope.

A huge yellow crane flew from the back mountain, landed in front of him, and bowed down respectfully.

Hong Xixiang, who was dressed in a simple Taoist robe, patted the dust on his body, then rode on the yellow crane and flew away to the east.

Since he went up the mountain at a young age, he has never walked out of the "Xuanwu Dangxing" archway of Wudang, the new head of Wudang, who was scolded by Xu Fengnian as a coward, and finally had the courage to go down the mountain.

……

On the Shejiang River, in the fleet returning to the west, in the cabin of the big ship headed by the leader, Deng Tai'a looked at the small teapot in front of him and was speechless for a long time.

Half a month younger, Li Fei said that he only needed to wait for another half a month before he could see his cousin Wu Su again, and if he wanted to repay his kindness, he could directly report to her, which was also the reason why he was willing to follow Xu Fengnian and his party.

He never dreamed that he would have the opportunity to meet the deceased, which made him even more in awe of Li Fei's methods.

On the deck, Xu Zhihu had changed into his red clothes again, sat on a low table, and made tea leisurely.

When Li Fei shouted that sentence before, she already understood its meaning, so she immediately went back to the cabin and changed into this red dress.

Li Fei, Xu Fengnian, Wen Hua, and Xu Weixiong each picked up a cup of Xu Zhihu's fragrant tea, took a sip and savored it before swallowing it.

Xu Fengnian put down the teacup and asked Li Fei, "How long will it take for the bull rider to get here?" ”

Li Fei said funny: "It's been half an hour!" The eldest sister is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about? Is it possible that you still want to bully people? Now people can hold you down with a finger and you can't move. ”

Xu Fengnian raised his head and said, "Does he dare to do anything to me?" After I got in a hurry, I slept with my eldest sister every day, so that he could stay cool. ”

"Poof"

Wen Hua squirted out a sip of tea and gave him a thumbs up.

Li Fei said convincingly: "You are ruthless enough, you are a werewolf." ”

"Werewolves?" The people around him looked at him suspiciously.

Li Fei Shi Ran said: "It's a little more ruthless than a ruthless person, it's for a werewolf." ”

Everyone suddenly couldn't help but feel very interesting.

Xu Fengnian has been close to his eldest sister since he was a child, and he was still pulled by his eldest sister to sleep together at the age of fourteen or fifteen, Xu Xiao didn't care, the people in the palace had long been accustomed to it, so he could really do it.

Time passed minute by minute, and after waiting for another half an hour, a clear crane chirp finally sounded in the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw a huge yellow crane with a wingspan of more than a foot swooping down from the west, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the top of everyone's heads.

The flood washed the elephant from the sky, like a meteor falling to the ground, but when it landed on the ship, it was as light as nothing, and the dust was not shocked.

"Yo, our great immortal is here!"

Li Fei's slightly ridiculous remark actually made the crane ride from west to east, across the entire land of Shenzhou, alarming countless land immortals to blush.

Li Chungang and Deng Tai'a, who were secretly looking at him on the side, were a little stunned, this is really the reincarnation of Lu Dongxuan?

Hong Xixiang was a little embarrassed and gave a salute to Li Fei and Xu Fengnian, and said, "I've seen the prince, Li Gongzi." ”

Xu Fengnian looked at him with a smile and said, "Well, I've seen it, and then what?" ”

Hong Xixiang blushed, lowered his head and raised his eyes to secretly look at the red dress, and stopped talking.

In front of Xu Zhihu, he is like a big girl.

Xu Zhihu moved elegantly and poured a cup of tea for a few people, and said casually: "Who are you now?" ”

The young Taoist priest, who had always had high hopes and carried the Dao of Heaven on his shoulders, said shyly: "Hong Xixiang! ”

Xu Zhihu said: "What are you doing here?" ”

After Hong Xixiang's mouth opened and closed a few times, he finally had the courage to say: "That year at Lotus Peak, you said that you wanted to ride a crane." ”

Xu Zhihu finally raised his eyes to look at him, and said calmly: "So what? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but Huo Ran got up, clenched his fists, glared at him and said, "Are you a man?" Can't even say the truth? ”

Provoked by Xu Fengnian, Hong Xixiang took a deep breath and said loudly: "Xu Zhihu, I like you, whether you believe it or not, I have liked you for seven hundred years." ”

"So in this world, there is no one who has liked you longer than you, and in the next life, I will still like you."

The onlookers all had smiles on their faces, Xu Fengnian nodded with satisfaction, sat down again, and said with relief: "It's finally a master." ”

"Woo......"

Xu Zhihu finally couldn't maintain that calmness, she covered her mouth and cried and laughed, then grabbed Xu Fengnian, buried her head in his arms and sobbed.

She had waited too long for this day, and she had waited too long for this sentence, but fortunately, she finally heard it in her lifetime.

Li Fei glanced at Xu Weixiong, and the two moved to the side together.

After vacating a gap, he beckoned to take a Mazha from the side of the deck, opened it and put it next to Xu Zhihu, and smiled at Hong Xixiang: "What are you doing in a daze?" Come and sit! ”

Hong Xixiang hurriedly owed Li Fei a debt, and said gratefully: "Thank you." ”

……

On the coast of the East China Sea, Zhao Kai and Han Shengxuan stood opposite each other.

Zhao Kai's face was full of gloom, and said: "Master, there are not only Li Chungang and Zhao Xuansu by his side, but now there is also a Deng Tai'a, and I am afraid that there will be no one in the world to kill him." ”

Han Shengxuan smiled and said, "I know, so I found another way out for you, a way out without killing Xu Fengnian." ”

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, and he asked curiously: "What way?" ”

Han Sheng preached: "Go to Xishu." ”

Zhao Kai looked at him puzzled, "Xishu? ”

Han Sheng preached: "Cao Changqing and Princess Xichu have arrived in Shu, and the remnants of Chu are ready to move, and the court believes that there will be chaos in Shu. ”

Zhao Kai's eyes flashed and said, "This is an opportunity?" ”

Han Sheng shook his head and said: "Exactly, the imperial court needs someone to go to Shu to quell the chaos." ”

Zhao Kai said in astonishment: "Could it be me?" ”

Han Shengxuan smiled and asked, "Who else could it be?" ”

Zhao Kai said puzzled: "But...... It stands to reason that this shouldn't be my turn! ”

Han Shengxuan's smile widened a little, and said: "Xu Xiao can't go, if Xishu returns to Beiliang, the world will have the surname Xu." ”

Zhao Kai said: "What about Gu Jiantang? ”

Han Sheng preached: "Your Majesty doesn't dare to let this tiger out of the mountain, so Gu Jiantang is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable to say that he is sick, and the soldiers in Xishu must be a person trusted by His Majesty." ”

Zhao Kai said: "Aren't there a few other princes?" ”

"Hehehe......" Han Shengxuan chuckled a few times, and said a little proudly: "Those few, who is willing to break with Cao Changqing?" ”

"Hesitant hesitation, jealousy of jealousy, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I will take this errand to go to Xishu to calm the chaos and get it for you."

Speaking of this, he took out a scroll of holy decree from his arms, handed it to Zhao Kai, and said, "This is Your Majesty's secret decree." ”

Zhao Kai looked at Han Shengxuan's holy decree in his hand, his face showed disbelief, but his heart was unwavering, and he even had a little resentment towards this master.

If he hadn't wanted to assassinate Xu Fengnian in the first place, how could he be controlled by Li Fei?

If it weren't for this, this would really be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

But now, not to mention that he is just in charge of the army, even the holy decree of making him the crown prince cannot make the slightest wave in his heart.

He will either be emperor or die, there is no third way.

But the play has to go on, otherwise let alone the throne, I'm afraid he will be wiped out in an instant.

He took the holy decree with trembling hands and hugged it tightly in his arms, looking excited.

Han Shengxuan understood his emotions very well, so he didn't say anything, just let him digest the good news.

After a while, Zhao Kai looked like he had forcibly calmed down, and said, "But Cao Changqing is not easy to deal with, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to calm the chaos." ”

Han Shengxuan said calmly: "It's okay, I'll accompany you to the west, and more importantly, why do you have to be an enemy of Cao Changqing?" Let me ask you, what is the ultimate purpose of the Chu people? ”

Zhao Kai said thoughtfully: "Go home? ”

Han Shengxuan nodded and said: "That's right, hiding in Shu is just an expedient measure, and when Cao Changqing and that princess of Western Chu gather up the old department, they will definitely leave Western Shu and return to Chu." ”

"At that time, there will be no one in Xishu who is restrained, and you are in charge of the military power, and your name is justified, and at that time...... You are the new king of Xishu. ”

Zhao Kai lowered his head slightly, and said with a look of gain and loss on his face: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, a holy decree will take back my military power." ”

Han Shengxuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Will you accept such a will?" ”

Zhao Kai raised his head suddenly when he heard this, and a smile gradually melted on his face, "Of course not, when I take control of Shudi, the next step is to develop in Nanzhao." ”

"When Nanzhao and Western Shu are connected, I will have the foundation to win the Central Plains, and at worst, I am also an unshakable king of Shu."

Han Shengxuan said with great relief: "If you can see this step, it is not in vain that I have taught you for so many years." ”

Zhao Kai shook Han Shengxuan to the ground and said, "Thank you, Master, for seizing such a good opportunity for me." ”

Han Shengxuan helped him up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Needless to say, the servants will rush to Xishu immediately." ”

Xishu and Nanzhao are the southwest territory of the land of Shenzhou, and the Beiliang in the northwest is exactly one south and one north, forming a corner trend, occupying the west of the entire dynasty, which is one-third of the country.

The southwest mountains are dense, the road is difficult to travel, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it actually occupies a geographical advantage more than Beiliang.

Beiliang relied on the fierce and unparalleled iron cavalry to maintain its position completely by hard power, but the southwest could resist countless enemies by virtue of its geographical advantages.

Even if it is 350,000 iron cavalry in Beiliang, it is useless to go to the southwest mountainous area, and even the horse can't run, and it is not as good as the infantry.

As long as you send troops to defend the main road into Shu, and then develop in a muffled voice within the 100,000 mountains, accumulate strength, and wait until the soldiers are full of food, you can rush out of the mountains in one fell swoop and chase the Central Plains.

The most important thing is that Xishu does not need to face the threat of Beimang's great enemy at any time like Bei Liang, and can develop with peace of mind.

All in all, as long as you don't go out of Shu, you are the unshakable king of Shu, once you are out of Shu, it means that you have full wings, strong soldiers and strong horses, who else need to be afraid of at that time?

Therefore, the southwest, which is rich in natural resources and easy to defend and difficult to attack, is actually more suitable for developing forces than the northwest, which is barren and desolate and flat.

And if the Xishu and Beiliang alliances, not to mention, they can directly compete with Liyang, and even overpower Liyang, forming a three-legged trend.

Han Shengxuan took Zhao Kai and rode west by land, because Xu Fengnian and his party left by boat, because Han Shengxuan didn't consider this aspect at all.

In the original plot, he took Zhao Kaidong around the west and went around in many circles, just to get rid of possible surveillance and tracking.

At the same time, he also sent a large number of people to keep an eye on Xu Fengnian and his entourage, who were returning west by land, to keep track of their whereabouts, but now he did not do so.

Although Zhao Kai participated in the assassination of Xu Fengnian along the way, he did not show up, only planning in secret, which was also very satisfactory to Han Shengxuan.

The so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, in his opinion, Zhao Kai is a person with the mandate of heaven, so he naturally can't put himself in danger.

He thought that Xu Fengnian didn't know about Zhao Kai's existence, because there was no conflict with Xu Fengnian, and Xu Fengnian shouldn't have made a move on them.

He never dreamed that this apprentice, who he wholeheartedly assisted, just to help him ascend to the throne, would be a backbone boy.

This is a typical "why did Your Majesty rebel", going to Xishu seems to be a broad road, but it is actually a dead end.

Therefore, when they arrived at a riverside and saw Xu Fengnian drinking tea and waiting for them all day, Han Shengxuan was full of mush.

He couldn't figure out why this situation was happening.

They obviously left by boat, and it stands to reason that they should have entered the river section of Huzhou's boundary at this time, but how did they suddenly appear here after crossing a distance of hundreds of miles silently?

At this time, Xu Fengnian's posture was no different from the posture when Zhang Julu gave Xu Xiao a horse outside the capital.

On the edge of the flat river beach, a coffee table is placed on the spot, and a heavy Taishi chair is placed next to it.

Xu Fengnian crossed Erlang's legs, sat alone on the Taishi chair, and drank tea comfortably.

Not far away, there was a Xuanyuan Lou boat parked on the river, and a group of people stood on the bow of the boat, quietly watching.

At this time, Hong Xixiang and Xu Zhihu were no longer on the ship, and they had already driven the crane to the capital to take the life of Liu Haoshi.

Li Fei used a gourd to make a magic weapon to store the soul of the Yuan Shen, and passed the method of storing the soul of the Yuan God to Hong Xixiang.

His mission was to kill Master Artemisia and retrieve his soul for Wu Su's cultivation.

Liu Artemisia has been in the Heavenly Phenomena Realm for more than 50 years, but he has not been able to take that step and become a land immortal.

Hong Xixiang wanted to kill him, but it was just a matter of face-to-face, and there was nothing to say.