As soon as the three of them came out of the practice room, Lan Ling'er pointed to the high place of the mountain to the west and said, "Zhu Yu, where there is a dark shadow, it is a big karst cave, and it is beautiful inside." ”

After Lan Ling'er finished speaking, as soon as she lifted her breath, the person had already floated out of the zhangxu, and as soon as she landed, she flew out more than a zhang away with a little more force.

"Ling'er wait!" Zhu Yu said while raising his breath to chase after him, but he couldn't catch up with Lan Ling'er, Lan Ling'er had practiced kung fu for a few years more than Zhu Yu, and his light skills were naturally much stronger than Zhu Yu.

Unconsciously, Lan Tian also overtook him from behind Zhu Yu, and Lan Ling'er went hand in hand, and disappeared in front of Zhu Yu in a blink of an eye, when Zhu Yu came to the mouth of the cave out of breath, Lan Tian and Lan Ling'er had been waiting at the entrance of the cave for a long time.

The entrance of the cave is very large, the height and width are enough to have more than ten zhang, the three people enter the hole, only feel that the inside is very cool, by the entrance of the cave a huge cave hall, spacious and bright, enough to accommodate thousands of people, around the cave hall, there is a passage leading to the surroundings, or wide or narrow, dark and deep, I don't know where it leads.

"Zhu Yu, look at the stalactites above your head, isn't it beautiful?" Lan Ling'er pointed to the top of the cave and said.

Zhu Yu looked up, only to see strange shapes of pointed stones hanging down from the top of the cave, some white and some black, and three or five of them also showed a faint red, which was very strange.

"Why are the stones here so strange, different from other places?" Zhu Yu saw such a strange scene for the first time and felt very strange.

"This is a stalactite, formed by dripping water in a hole, and this hole is full of such stones." Blue Sky explained.

As soon as Lan Tian's voice fell, he could only hear a chaotic sound of "fluttering and pulling" overhead, and a large group of birds were frightened and flew back and forth in the cave hall, which really frightened Zhu Yu.

Seeing Zhu Yu looking at the bats above his head in horror, Lan Ling'er comforted: This kind of bird is called tiger bat, it is the most vicious of bats, it can catch fish and catch small birds to eat, I heard that it is only found in this cave, but they will not attack people, so there is no need to be afraid. ”

"Zhu Yu, Ling'er, you follow me, let's go to the cave and have a look." At this moment, the blue sky got a torch from nowhere and lit the fire, high in his hand.

Zhu Yu was in front and Lan Ling'er was behind, and the two followed closely behind Lan Tian, and by the light of the fire, they walked towards a larger hole.

Under the light of the torches, everything in the cave can be seen clearly, on the top of the head and on both sides of the road, there are stalactites of different shapes, some like birds, some like animals, some like trees and flowers, and Zhu Yu is dazzled.

As the three of them walked, they suddenly heard the sound of running water in the cave, and the blue sky lowered the torches. "This is an underground river, which flows from the depths of the cave, and from here to the ground, and flows out behind the house below us, and the water of our Tianlong Mountain comes from this river."

Zhu Yu looked towards the place illuminated by the blue sky torch, only to see a clear spring, flowing out of the black hole, and then flowing to the ground not far from his feet, the water quality was clear and spotless, Zhu Yu couldn't help but bow his head and pick up a handful of water, and drank it with his head up, only to feel a burst of coolness from his throat to his stomach, and his spirit was also uplifted.

"Does this water still have a faint sweet smell?" After Lan Ling'er finished speaking, Zhu Yu really felt a sweet taste in his mouth.

Further inside, the cave becomes narrower and narrower, and the water does not know where to go, but the stalactites in the cave are still of different shapes and are beautiful.

"Let's get out!" The three of them walked around the cave for a while, estimating that the torches were almost burning, Lan Tian said.

When the three of them returned to the cave hall, they found that Lan Yiming was standing in the middle of the huge cave hall with his hands crossed.

"Father, why are you here?" Lan Ling'er saw her father and greeted her.

When Lan Yiming saw the three of them, he just nodded slightly, and then said loudly to a forked hole: "Master Wise, today is the period of your thirty-year retreat, and you can get out." ”

As soon as Lan Yiming's words fell, he heard a deep voice in the cave: "Lao Wei is also preparing to go out, why should Lan Shaoxia greet him." ”

At the place where the words fell, an old monk who was six feet up and down, about seventy, wearing a green cloth monk's robe and a kind face, was already standing in front of the four of them.

The appearance of the old monk made Lan Tian, Lan Ling'er and Zhu Yu really taken aback, because the three of them didn't see the figure of the old monk at all, and in the blink of an eye, the old monk was already standing in front of him.

Seeing the old monk, Lan Yiming bowed down and bowed respectfully to the old monk. "Nephew Lan Yiming has seen the Wise Master."

The wise master folded his hands and saluted back, and said with a smile: "Yiming nephew, your parents are good." ”

"My parents quit the rivers and lakes 20 years ago, and they don't know where to go into seclusion, and now they haven't been able to get a certain face." Lan Yiming sighed.

"Why do you sigh nephew, don't ask how carefree the affairs of the rivers and lakes are, but unfortunately you don't have this blessing, I don't know how the senior brothers and brothers are doing, I will go back to the temple first, and come back another day to bother." After the wise master finished speaking, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Father, where did this man called the Wise Master come from? Why does it appear in the hole? Seeing the old man leaving, Lan Ling'er couldn't wait to ask.

"Thirty years ago, the wise master was in his thirties, learned the great day of the Guoqing Temple, and was invincible in the world, so he came to Tianlong Mountain to test his martial arts with your grandfather." Lan Yiming looked at the clouds outside the cave and said quietly.

"And then? I'm afraid the wise man at that time was no match for my grandfather, right? Lan Ling'er asked.

"At that time, your grandfather and grandmother left Shaolin to Tianlong Mountain to establish a sect for more than ten years, your grandfather practiced a Shaolin mastery, and his martial arts attainments stood out in the Central Plains martial arts, no wonder the wise man was famous."

"In this way, the wise man must not be my grandfather's opponent." Blue Sky Road.

"Listen to your grandfather, the wise man's martial arts attainments are also really good, he boasted to Haikou and said, if you lose, you will retreat in my Tianlong Mountain for 30 years, if you win, you want your grandfather to pass on the Shaolin Rulai Hercules palm to him, at that time, your grandfather is also arrogant, naturally agreed to the wise man's request." Lan Yiming sighed.

"Must it be that the wise man lost and spent thirty years in retreat in this cave?" Lan Ling'er said with confidence.

"Your grandfather and the wise master in this cave hall for seven days and seven nights, both of them are exhausted, still not to distinguish the winner, to the seventh day and night, the two of them to fight each other, your grandfather is the Hercules palm, the wise man is the big day of the palm, the two palms intersect, no one can beat anyone, the internal force is a little bit of consumption, your grandmother wants to separate the two on the side, but they can't separate, if this is consumed, both of them may die of exhaustion."

"And then? Who saved them? Lan Ling'er asked.

Just as they were about to die together, suddenly a masked old man came and stretched out a finger and tapped a finger between the four palms of the two men, and then separated the two, and the old man said to the wise man, "You are a monk, why have you become a brave and ruthless man?" ……！ After a few meals, the old man drifted away, and the wise man cried loudly in the same place, and then insisted on practicing here in retreat for thirty years, and to this day, it is exactly thirty years. Lan Yiming said.

"Uncle Lan, in this way, the wise master must be an enlightened monk." Zhu Yu said tentatively.

"If you can retreat for 30 years, you have already reached the state of seeing through everything, having no desires and no desires, and you can be regarded as a high-ranking monk, and in the past 30 years, the wise master has not only participated in meditation and enlightenment every day, but also practiced Buddhist exercises by the way, and the martial arts must be unfathomable." Lan Yiming said.

"Father, this time Tianlong Mountain convened a martial arts conference to choose the leader of the alliance, it is inevitable that there will be evil demons and outsiders to make trouble, can you ask the wise master to help us?" Lan Tian asked.

Lan Yiming smiled lightly: "A master like a wise man would not care about these mundane things under normal circumstances, unless it is a coincidence, by the way, let's go down the mountain, the masters of all factions who came to Tianlong Mountain to hold a martial arts conference should come one after another today." ”

When Lan Yiming came to the Tianlong faction meeting hall with Lan Tian, Lan Ling'er and Zhu Yu, in the meeting hall, there were already four or five masters waiting there, the three protectors Zhao Zhou and Spruce accompanied the guests in the hall, Lan Yiming handed over the reception and arrangement of this martial arts conference to the two of them, Spruce was delicate, Zhao Zhou was quick and capable, but he was the most suitable candidate.

The first batch of people to come were the three masters of the Diancang faction and the two attendants of the faction, Lan Yiming entered the hall, and the three people sitting on the chairs were busy getting up and saluting, and Lan Yiming also saluted.

The middle person, wearing a gray coat, wearing a wide red cloak, is tall, his face is wide, his eyes are like copper bells, his beard looks hard, and his eyebrows reveal a sense of pride, which makes people dare not look at it directly, this person is Yan Kun, the head of the Dali Diancang faction, because Yan Kun is strong in martial arts, he can't rub sand in his eyes, he loves to preside over justice, and his prestige in the rivers and lakes is very high.

Although Old Man Yan is seventy and zero, he can't be idle, whatever happens in the rivers and lakes, he will be the first to participate, and this time the election of the leader of the martial arts alliance, of course, he is also indispensable.

The martial arts of the Diancang School follow the path of Buddhism, and the emphasis is on controlling people with internal force, and a set of Duan's palm methods is unique in the world.

Beside Old Man Yan, there were two middle-aged people standing on the left and on the right, the one on the left was called Duan Shiqi, with a medium stature, a Chinese face, sword eyebrows, and heroic spirit. The person on the right is called Zhang Shijun, five short figures, average appearance, but his eyes are shining, and at first glance he is a person with deep internal strength, unlike Duan Shiqi, Zhang Shijun is not carrying a sword on his back, but a three-foot-long jade flute, I don't know if it is a special weapon or just a musical instrument.

"In this martial arts conference, with the participation of Old Man Yan, my Tianlong Mountain can be described as full of brilliance!" After everyone sat down, Lan Yiming said.

"The leader of the Blue League has won the award, I came this time, and I also beware of the crooked ways of the evil sect to make trouble, the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance is still the most suitable for the Blue Hero." Old Man Yan said briskly.

"According to the customary rules of the Central Plains martial arts, the leader of the martial arts alliance is changed every five years, depending on the victory or defeat of the competition, this rule cannot be broken." Lan Yiming said with a smile.

"In that case, let's act according to the rules, I believe that Lan Daxia will definitely be able to take the lead like last time." After Yan Kun finished speaking, he paused, and then said, "Why don't you see my apprentice Kong Lingyuan?" ”

Kong Lingyuan has been practicing martial arts with Yan Kun since he was a child, and he is the leader of his apprentices.

"Dissatisfied with Yan Daxia, I sent the Beiyouzhou branch to be robbed, and the second protector went to deal with it, and he will return to the mountain in a few days." As soon as Lan Yiming's words fell, he heard the footsteps outside the hall, and the two of them entered the hall.

The person who came was the second protector of the Tianlong faction, Kong Lingyuan, and the main Luo Mai of the Youzhou rudder. I saw Kong Lingyuan in his early thirties, with a slender figure, dressed in white, with a handsome face, a long sword on his back, and the red silk sword fluttering from side to side. Luo Mai looks sixty hanging, not tall, lean and thin, with fine eyes, although he looks mediocre, but he can be the helmsman of the Tianlong Sect, he must be outstanding.

"Alliance leader, it is Long Yu and Long Xiang, the disciples of the Flying Dragon Sect of Broken Tengxia who robbed the Northern Youzhou Dart, their purpose is to let us disperse our forces in order to suppress our faction in the martial arts conference." Kong Lingyuan said.

"It's all my fault for my poor arrangement, and I let the Wyvern faction play a black hand behind my back, and let the alliance leader deal with it." Luo Mai bowed his head and said.

"According to the rules, the loss of darts will be returned to the dart owner at the price, and it will be deducted from the income of the Beiyouzhou Dart Bureau, Luo Helm Master, you rest for one night and go back tomorrow to avoid any more accidents." After Lan Yiming finished speaking, he asked people to arrange for Old Man Yan and others to rest in the pavilion, and only waited for the martial arts conference to be held in three days.

In the afternoon, three or four more sect masters arrived, Zhao Zhou and Spruce were busy greeting guests, Tianlong Mountain had a festive atmosphere, but the peace on the surface hid a huge crisis.

Early the next morning, along the path up the mountain of Tianlong Mountain, came eight people wearing big red clothes, with red cockscomb on their heads, Xiao Si at the intersection had never seen people dressed like this, and ran to report the three protectors Zhao Zhou, when Zhao Zhou greeted him, the people in red clothes had arrived at the third mountain gate.

In his early years in his hometown in Sichuan, Zhao Zhou had heard that Tibetan monks like to wear red clothes and practice a kind of secret martial arts, and there is no shortage of peerless masters, so he asked: "Are you a monk from Tibet?" ”

The leader looked at Zhao Zhou, and said impatiently: "I am the Living Buddha of the Northern Tibetan Gedan Sect, and I am here to be the leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts Alliance for a few years, who are you?" Ask your head Lan Yiming to greet us and others. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhou couldn't help but take a closer look at the other party, and saw that the monk was more than a foot tall, his body was strong, his face was as big as a plate, and his eyes were fierce, so he was more guarded.

"This distinguished guest, I sent this time to host the martial arts conference, and the head of the house is fully responsible for the reception of me, and when everyone is settled, the head of the house will meet you, please come with me?"

Labu Tsering snorted, and followed Zhao Zhou into the mountain gate impatiently, and came to a row of houses in the back mountain, wanting to arrange a house for eight people, but heard a Tibetan monk behind Labu Tsering say: "No need, we never live in the room when we go out, so we set up a tent in the open space on the side of the house." ”

At this time, Zhao Zhoufang discovered that there were three or four Tibetan monks carrying rolls on their backs, presumably for the purpose of setting up tents.

After a while, the Tibetan monk set up two white tents on the side of the house, and Labu Tsering and the Tibetan monk who had spoken to Zhao Zhou got into one of the tents and never came out.

Another day passed, the masters of each faction came one after another, and there were more than ten sects, such as the Wuliang faction, the Qingcheng faction, the Wudang faction, and the Emei faction, and the sects that had a gap with the Tianlong faction, such as the North Shaolin, Zhongnan Mountain Tianlingdao, and the Flying Dragon faction of Broken Tengxia had gathered in Tianlong Mountain.

Shaolin is the supreme martial arts of the Central Plains, but although the monks of Shaolin Temple are strong in martial arts, they are pure and have few desires, and they have never asked about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so they will not participate in the martial arts conference in the future.