Lan Tian led the three of them up the path to the cliff, in front of which was an endless bush, and the four of them walked through the woods for nearly an hour, climbed a bare steep slope, and came to the edge of a cliff. On the opposite side of the cliff is a higher cliff, dozens of zhang wide between the two cliffs, which are connected by a suspension bridge.

"Behind the cliff on the opposite side is where our Celestial Dragon Sect is located." Lan Tian said as he took the lead on the suspension bridge.

The four of them staggered across the suspension bridge and through a wide cave, and suddenly their eyes opened up.

This is a wide mountain terrace, there are dozens of large and small buildings on the platform, some are one floor, some are two floors, the building in the center is the widest, more than ten zhang high, dozens of zhang wide, Lan Tian pointed to this wide building and said: "Brother Zhu Yu, there is the meeting hall of the Tianlong faction, my father will probably be in the hall, I will introduce you first." After Lan Tian finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the building.

Suddenly, Zhu Yu felt a cool breeze hit behind him, and he was about to look back, but his eyes were blindfolded, Zhu Yu was shocked, but he felt that the hand that covered his eyes was gentle and lubricated, needless to say, it must be Lan Ling'er, Zhu Yu couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Lan Ling'er, don't make trouble." ”

Lan Ling'er heard that Zhu Yu guessed that it was herself, withdrew her hands, and said, "Zhu Yu, you are finally here, is Senior Brother Kongling okay?" ”

"Shaolin was burned by officers and soldiers, Senior Brother Kongling, they hid in the mountains, Shaolin monks are strong in martial arts, and it should be no problem to protect themselves." Zhu Yu said.

"Oh, did the officers and soldiers get the news and come to the Shaolin Temple to arrest you?" Lan Ling'er knew some of Zhu Yu's life experience, and her guesses about this matter were inseparable.

"It should be like this, I have to go to Shaolin another day to see how the master and brothers are doing." Zhu Yu said worriedly.

"My father has sent someone to Shaolin to check, Shaolin will be fine." Lan Ling'er said as she followed Lan Tian, Zhu Yu and the others walked into the big room together.

The room is very spacious, like a huge Buddha hall, and on the south side of the house, there is a tall golden silk nanmu throne, and a tall middle-aged man dressed in black sits on the seat. The middle-aged man has a wide face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a bit of majesty, which is none other than Lan Yiming, the head of the Tianlong faction.

In the middle of the hall, there are eight more seats, divided into left and right rows on both sides of the throne, there are three people sitting on the seats, the first seat on the left hand is more than sixty people, it seems that the figure is not high, the face is dark, and the eyes are sharp. On the right hand side sat two people side by side, a man and a woman, the man was more than 50, medium in stature, with a delicate face, the woman was in her early forties, with snow-white skin, bright eyes and beautiful eyebrows, coiled hair, a silver hairpin was inserted in the hair, and a black peach blossom carved from black jade was hung on the hairpin, which was lifelike.

Lan Tian introduced Zhu Yu to Lan Yiming, and introduced the three people present to Zhu Yu, it turned out that the old man on the left was called Sima Zhen, who was the great protector of the Tianlong faction, and had studied under Master Daoshun of Wuliang Mountain, and the other two were husband and wife, the male was called Zhao Zhou, and the female was called Spruce, which was the three protectors and four protectors of Tianlong Mountain, and Zhao Li was the only son of the two.

"It turns out that you are Zhu Yu, since you are here, you can rest assured, I have sent the second protector Kong Lingyuan to Shaolin to check, it is estimated that I can go back today, and I will tell you when the time comes, Tian'er, you go and arrange Zhu Yuxian's nephew's residence." After Lan Yiming finished speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Lan Tian to take Zhu Yu to his residence.

Lan Tian understood, beckoned to Lan Ling'er, Zhao Li, and Luo Mai, and said to Zhu Yu: "Senior Brother Zhu Yu, you must be very tired all the way over, take a good rest first." ”

On the way to the residence with Zhu Yu, Lan Ling'er asked Lan Tian: "Brother! Early this morning, my father summoned Uncle Sima, Uncle Zhao Zhou, and Aunt Spruce to the hall to discuss the matter, and it seems that the discussion has not been finished until now, and I don't know what important things are. ”

"Naturally, I am discussing the matter of the martial arts conference, this time, all the major factions will come to Tianlong Mountain to compete and establish a new martial arts alliance leader, especially the factions like Northern Shaolin and the Flying Dragon faction of Broken Teng Gorge, which are very close to the government, will also come to make trouble, it is not easy to hold this conference, today I went to patrol the mountain, and I met the people of the Flying Dragon Sect of Broken Tengxia Gorge." Lan Tian said worriedly.

Zhu Yu's residence is on a small hillside, there is a row of bungalows, which is the place where Tianlong Mountain receives visitors, and the view from the door of the house is very good, and you can see the posture of the mountains opposite the Tianlong party, but at this moment, the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the mountains have become hazy.

"Senior Brother Zhu Yu, Zhu you have a good rest first, and tomorrow, we will see you at the place where we practice martial arts at the bottom of the slope." Seeing that Zhu Yu was a little tired, Lan Ling'er pointed to a big house at the bottom of the slope and said.

After Lan Tian, Lan Ling'er, Luo Mai and Zhao left, Zhu Yu fell asleep when he entered the house, I don't know how long it took, the knock on the door woke Zhu Yu up, Zhu Yu opened the door and looked, but it was Xiao Si who sent dinner.

Seeing the food, Zhu Yu suddenly felt hungry all of a sudden, said "thank you", and hurriedly ate.

Halfway through eating, Zhu Yu raised his head and asked Xiao Si: "Little brother, it's the first time I've come to Tianlong Mountain, do you know what secrets the Tianlong Sect has?" ”

Xiao Si said with a smile, my name is Zhang Liang, I am eighteen years old this year, and I have been in Tianlong Mountain for more than five years, you can just call me Zhang Liang.

"I'll still call you Brother Zhang Liang! I'm only thirteen years old! Zhu Yu said.

"It's okay, I see that you also know some martial arts, I don't know why you came here, you have something to do with our head, right?" Although there are many people in Tianlong Mountain, they don't recruit disciples at will on weekdays, so Zhang Liang asked.

"I fled here from Shaolin Temple, in addition to Lan Ling'er, her father, brother, and several Dharma protectors and Zhao Li, Luo Mai I only met today." Zhu Yu said.

"Shaolin is the leader of the world's martial arts, what powerful sect can make Shaolin defeat under them?" Zhang Liang asked strangely.

"It was the officers and soldiers who besieged Shaolin, they were outnumbered, and Shaolin did not do its best, so the main hall was burned, and the monks temporarily took refuge in the mountains." Zhu Yudao.

On the one hand, there are many disciples of the Tianlong faction, in addition to more than 1,000 people sent by the general faction, there are four rudders in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and there are dart bureaus, and there are small dart bureaus under the dart board, the number of people is not less than tens of thousands, and the official army is incompatible, and the officers and soldiers generally dare not offend the Tianlong faction." Speaking of the Tianlong faction, Zhang Liang talked eloquently.

"Dart game?" Hearing Zhang Liang say this, Zhu Yu suddenly thought of the killing of the bodyguard a few days ago. "Are all the dart games under the control of the Tianlong faction?"

"Of course, no one else can intervene!" Zhang Liang said proudly.

At this time, Zhu Yu knew that the killed dart master he saw on the road was probably someone from the Tianlong faction, no wonder Lan Tian said that he wanted his father to send someone to investigate, if it was really done by someone from Broken Teng Gorge, it means that the power of Broken Teng Gorge should not be underestimated.

After Zhang Liang left, Zhu Yu practiced in the house for a while, and then fell into a deep sleep, sleeping until midnight, perhaps because he had slept during the day, but he could no longer fall asleep after waking up.

Zhu Yu pushed the door out of the house, the moonlight outside the door was like water, cold and clear in the valley, the mountains in the distance were hazy, and the houses near were full of shadows, Zhu Yu couldn't help but think of the situation when he practiced the Hercules palm with the master of the sky for the first time three years ago, it was also a full moon night, but the master left Shaolin three years ago, but he didn't know where to go, which made Zhu Yu can't help but feel nostalgic.

"Woo, woo, woo", a few bird cries broke the silence of the night, Zhu Yu heard the chirping of the eagle, this kind of bird is day and night, hidden in the woods, it is extremely difficult to see, in the Shaolin Temple, Lan Linger let the empty Ling catch one according to the bird's call, locked in a bird cage, but unfortunately the bird does not eat or drink in the cage, but it starved to death on the fifth day, for this, Lan Linger also cried.

When Zhu Yu looked into the distance again, he suddenly found that more than thirty zhang to the left of the house where he lived, there was a house with lights still on.

When Zhu Yu was still four or five feet away from the room, a middle-aged man's voice came from the room: "Is it Zhu Yu's little brother?" Come on in, I'm looking for you to have something to say! ”

Zhu Yu heard that the person who spoke was the head of the Tianlong Sect, the current leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, Lan Yiming.

In the dead of night, the slightest movement around will be heard, not to mention people who have advanced martial arts cultivation.

Zhu Yu pushed the door into the house, and there were five oil lamps lit in the room, illuminating the room as bright as day, at this time, Lan Yiming was sitting at the table, holding a yellowed book in his hand.

Lan Yiming asked Zhu Yu to sit opposite him, sighed, and said, "Nephew Zhu Yuxian, you should be thirteen years old this year!" ”

"Uncle Shi, I was eight years old when I came to Shaolin from the Lion Rock Zhengxu Zen Temple, and I studied art in Shaolin for five years, and now I am exactly thirteen years old." Zhu Yudao.

"Zhu Yu, you are not small, you should know your life experience, five years ago, after the master of the empty time sent you to Shaolin, he made a special trip to me, he said, your father Zhu Changyun is the son of the emperor Zhu Yunwen, you are actually the emperor's grandson, in the battle of Jingyan, your grandfather was defeated, fled to an island called Java in the South China Sea, gave birth to your father, your grandfather wanted to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, but because of his advanced age, he could not return to the Central Plains, and Zhu Di's descendant Zhu Gaochi was worried that your father's orthodoxy threatened his imperial power, So I have been on guard whether your grandfather's descendants will return to the Central Plains to compete with him for the throne, and your father ventured back in order to fulfill your grandfather's last wish, but in the end he was still targeted by officers and soldiers. ”

"Are they going to kill my parents?" Hearing this, Zhu Yufang suddenly realized and asked worriedly.

Lan Yiming stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "I don't think so, the current emperor is not very murderous, unless someone really threatens his imperial power, not to mention that your father and he are brothers of the same clan." ”

"Uncle Lan, how can I find my parents and save them?" Zhu Yu asked.

"If your parents are still alive, although they are not free, they must be doing well, what you have to do is to practice martial arts, and only when the opportunity comes, can you consider saving them, but you must succeed at one time, otherwise they will have to worry about their lives, so you can't easily save them if you are not prepared." Lan Yiming's words made Zhu Yu feel hopeful, but he felt a little disappointed, he could only pray in his heart that his parents were well, looking forward to the opportunity to come.

"I listen to Uncle Lan, I must practice martial arts well, and I can rescue my parents when the time comes." Zhu Yu knew that it had been five years since his parents were arrested, and it was useless to be anxious now.

"You are a member of the imperial family, don't talk to anyone, so as not to leak it to the ears of the government and be unfavorable to you, I hope you must do this, now, your identity is just an ordinary disciple of my Tianlong Sect."

"I see, Uncle Lan, you should rest early!" Seeing that the time was not early, Zhu Yu got up and said goodbye.

Looking at Zhu Yu's back, Lan Yiming showed a knowing smile.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yu got up early, finished washing, and hurriedly walked to the simple big room that Lan Tian pointed out to him yesterday.

The early morning in the mountains is very cool, and the gentle chirping of the birds shows the tranquility of the valley, when Zhu Yu came to the martial arts room, he found that there was no one inside, he thought, he must have come early, so he casually drew a wooden stick on the weapon rack, found a corner, and practiced the Shaolin cloud piercing stick method.

Although the structure of this martial arts training room is a little simple, the space is very large, second only to the meeting hall next to it, and can accommodate dozens of people to practice martial arts together.

There are three sets of cloud piercing stick method, each set of thirteen moves, a total of thirty-six moves, Zhu Yu practiced it once, and when he first started to practice the second time, he heard a person at the door shouting: "What a set of cloud piercing stick method."

Hearing this, Zhu Yu stopped his stick move, looked at the door, and saw Lan Tian standing at the door, praising Zhu Yu's stick technique.

"Senior brother smiled, my stick method has only learned some moves, and it is still far from being used in actual combat." Zhu Yu said embarrassedly.

Lan Tian walked over and patted Zhu Yu on the shoulder. "Judging from this stick method, Senior Brother Zhu is really a good material for practicing martial arts."

"Of course, Senior Brother Zhu's martial arts will definitely be the first in the world in the future, if you don't believe it, we'll see." It was Lan Ling'er who spoke, and at this time, she happened to come to the outside of the practice room and heard the conversation between Lan Tian and Zhu Yu.

All three of them had practiced martial arts in Shaolin, and they no longer needed their masters to teach martial arts, and after a little greeting, the three of them practiced martial arts in their own rooms.

The blue sky danced the Vajra swordsmanship, and every move was powerful, and there was a momentum of King Kong descending to overwhelm Qianjun. Lan Ling'er also practiced sword moves, but it was her favorite wind-chasing sword technique, and the moves were as dense as mercury, and she couldn't find a single loophole. Zhu Yu then practiced the cloud piercing stick method he practiced before, he didn't like swords, he preferred the stick method, because the stick method is practiced well, it can not only control the enemy but it is not easy to ask for human nature, Buddhism does not advocate killing, Zhu Yu is familiar with it, although he is only thirteen years old, but he also has a compassionate heart.

Gradually, there are more and more people in the martial arts training field, most of them are young men in their twenties, there are three or four girls, and Lan Ling'er is in a corner, after she finishes practicing the sword, she stepped forward and danced the three sets of Shaolin swordsmanship, Lan Ling'er raised the sword and pointed at the side, these women are about the same age as Lan Ling'er, and the capable ones are teachers, Lan Ling'er has obviously become their master in Shaolin swordsmanship.

Lan Ling'er instructed a few girls in swordsmanship for a while, inserted the sword back into the scabbard, and came over to watch Zhu Yu practice sticks.

Shaolin stick method is the best choice for Shaolin temple monks to defend themselves, for more than a thousand years, there is no generation of monks do not deliberately practice the stick method, so that the Shaolin stick method has reached the point of being superb, but it needs to be practiced more.

After Zhu Yu finished practicing a set of stick techniques, Lan Tian also stopped his sword moves, and Lan Ling'er said: "Brother, let's practice here this morning, let's take Zhu Yu to the back mountain cave to play." ”

"Okay, the cave in the back mountain is beautiful, Zhu Yu, let's go and enjoy the cave." After Zhu Yu finished speaking, he accepted the sword and walked out of the practice room with Zhu Yu and Lan Ling'er.