22 The mighty multitudes are gathered together and prosper

Hearing the words "immortality" suddenly pop out of Feng Changfeng's mouth, Xian Jingyue couldn't help asking: "What immortality?" Feng Changfeng was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had lost his words, he immediately laughed embarrassedly, lowered his voice and asked, "Can the first deputy commander remember the incident of Poyang Lake?"

Although Xian Jingyue did not personally participate in a fight in Poyang Lake last year, she heard a lot from Xie Yixiang, and immediately remained silent and asked, "So what?" Feng Changfeng pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and explained in a low voice: "This matter is a long story, and it is even a little inexplicable. As early as before the founding of this dynasty, the emperor had a big battle with Li Jiusi's army in Poyang Lake, fortunately with the help of the local lake gods, only to defeat the enemy, which is now spread on the rivers and lakes 'Poyang Lake, the old man's temple, the chaos beast, the Yin soldier dance'. However, this so-called 'lake god' is actually a mysterious family living in seclusion at the bottom of Poyang Lake, and there is also a kind of immortality art in it. In order to obtain this secret technique, the emperor also sent Wen Tianting and his 'Seventeen Gentlemen' to investigate last year, who knew that in the end Wen Tianting was killed, and the 'Seventeen Gentlemen' under the seat were only He Haishan, Sun Mingyong, Mu Xun and Li Yibin Four people survived, and the emperor said that the entire family at the bottom of Poyang Lake had been wiped out, and only a few remnants escaped, missing, and the so-called 'immortality' technique was also lost. The emperor was furious, if it weren't for the queen who happened to be dissuading him, he was afraid that he would kill the four survivors on the spot to vent his anger. ”

His words were known to Jingyue first, and he didn't understand them. Seeing that the other party did not react, Feng Changfeng had to cough dryly twice, and said: "To say that since ancient times, the emperor has owned the world, in the end, who doesn't want to 'long live, long live, long live'? Compared with Emperor Qin's move to seek immortals in the Han Dynasty, although the current emperor is thinking about this matter, he is much calmer. The emperor was worried, and suddenly remembered the strange thing of Taihu Lake's 'group of ghosts crying at night', so he suddenly had a whim, saying that the immortals in the world are hidden among the famous mountains and rivers, and the mysterious family of Poyang Lake, known as the 'Yin Soldiers', has the art of immortality, so is the group of ghosts crying at night in Taihu Lake similar to the situation of Poyang Lake, and it is also a group of isolated people living in seclusion, proficient in the method of immortality? Therefore, with the convening of this martial arts conference, the emperor not only appointed the ethereal peak of the west mountain of Taihu Lake, but also made him humble to secretly inquire about the ghosts of Taihu Lake and search for the art of immortality, which is the reason for this. ”

When Xian Jingyue heard this, she finally figured out the cause and effect of Feng Changfeng's coming here, and she couldn't help but feel disgusted. You must know that although this Taihu Lake and Poyang Lake are the same famous lakes in the Central Plains, they can't be as rigid as this, and it is suspected that there is also a "family in the underworld" that can live forever. From this point of view, the illness of the queen in the palace is indeed difficult to return, otherwise with the emperor's mind, I am afraid that he will not be able to do such wishful thinking and whimsy.

Although that letter Changfeng also knew that the emperor's idea was a bit ridiculous, but now that he had received the order, he could only investigate it head-on. He then asked Xian Jingyue again and said, "It is said that Miss Xie San also set foot in Poyang Lake last year, and now by chance, she has a relationship with the ghosts of Taihu Lake here. Therefore, I have to ask the first deputy commander to take care of it, the 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts' here is important, but the emperor's concern about the 'Taihu Lake ghosts' cannot be ignored, and nothing can be said to let the people of the Shenhuo Sect take the lead!"

If the words of the Leng Tongban are true, then the senior sister has now been rescued by the people of the Shenhuo Sect from the hands of the 'Taihu Lake ghosts', and I don't know if Yan Sidao will send her here as promised, how can he still have the heart to stir up the matter of Feng Changfeng? Fortunately, Ye Dinggong had returned to the high platform where the Xuanwu Feihua Gate was located at this time, and when he saw Xian Jingyue coming to take a seat, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: " Brother Jingyue came just in time, I didn't expect the Central Plains martial arts to be so enthusiastic, the major gangs have now reached a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, I am afraid that there will be a moment of time, and when the hour arrives, today's grand event of 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts', which has no predecessors and no one after it, can officially begin!"

That Feng Changfeng saw Ye Dinggong return to the seat on the high platform, so he didn't say anything more. Xian Jingyue sent a message to the Leng Tong Office, saying that the Divine Fire Sect would come to the meeting later and whispered to Ye Dinggong, Ye Dinggong nodded slowly, and sneered, "Our people have already turned the entire Xishan Island upside down, but they have never been able to find the whereabouts of the Divine Fire Sect, but I am afraid that they have not yet landed on Xishan Island. Today, I have transferred all the 5,000 forbidden troops in Suzhou City to Taihu Lake, and a total of more than 100 ships have completely blocked all the wharves on this Xishan Island, and as for the 2,000 forbidden troops on the island, they are now also stationed around the Ethereal Peak, how can the rebels of the Divine Fire Sect come here if they say so?"

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Besides, the entire Central Plains martial arts gathered here today, during which there are as many masters as stars in the sky, even if Gongsun Mo Ming's martial arts are high, if he really dares to show up as a 'rebel thief of the imperial court', the masters of various gangs and factions will take turns to invite him to fight, and he will be tired to death, and he will not even need to take action in person, brother." ”

Seeing that Ye Dinggong was already prepared, he didn't say much about Jingyue first. At this time, with his arrival, the entire Xuanwu Feihuamen had all arrived, except for Ye Dinggong, Feng Changfeng, the official of the Ministry of Rites, Master Su, Gu Lao Boxer, De Yizi and himself on the seven chairs in front, the remaining thirty-six disciples including ten palace guards, Chen Zhutou of the torture and arrest room, Ximen Zhutou and Xu Zhukuai, all of them stood on the high platform in the rear.

He raised his eyes again, and saw that in the venue at the top of this ethereal peak, more than 10,000 people had gathered at the moment, all waiting in the pergola around him. According to Ye Dinggong's classification, the three areas where the east pergola "Sanxian" is located are the Buddhist Wutai Mountain Dafu Linghu Temple, Jiuhua Mountain Huacheng Temple, Luoyang White Horse Temple, Kaifeng Daxiangguo Temple, Suzhou Hanshan Temple, Jiazhou Lingyun Temple and Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, Taoist Wudang Mountain Zhenwuguan, Kongtong Mountain Wendao Palace, Qiyun Mountain Quanzhen Dao, Longhu Mountain Zhengyi, Taishan Bixia Temple, Jiangxi Maoshan Road and Tianya Haijiao Pavilion and other sects, Confucianism is Huashan School, Baiyun Sword School, Nangong Family, Emei Sword School, Kunlun School, Huangshan School, Murong Villa and so on, it can be said that the people are prosperous and the momentum is huge.

Looking at the three areas of the pergola on the west side, the "Yiyin" near the high platform in the north, that is, the various schools of hermit outside the three major schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, are much more deserted. First, there are not many hidden sects, and secondly, the Tianshan Mo family, Shennong Valley, Baicaotang and the Five Poisons Sect were not present, so there are only Qingcheng Mo families, Senluo Palace, Buried Sword Pavilion and Tianyi Pavilion and other factions. In the future, the momentum of the "One Gang" is very different, and the famous gangs on the rivers and lakes, such as the Beggar Gang, the Jianghai Gang, the Salt Gang, the Tianxing Sect, the Murder Alliance, the Flying Dragon Village, and the Kamikaze Dart Bureau, have all gathered here, and in terms of numbers alone, they can even compete with the three major Xianxue in the east. As for the exotic martial arts in the last area, only a few martial arts practitioners from the Western Regions and Mobei came, and in addition, there were a few small gangs from the country of Goryeo, with a total of less than two hundred people.

Fortunately, Ye Dinggong did not arrange pergolas for the lone masters who had no sect on the rivers and lakes in advance, just to let them see the stitches in today's venue. Seeing this, the sergeant in charge of the reception arranged these ranger prodigal sons in the grass huts of the various sects of the hidden schools and the exotic martial arts in the west, so that the number of people in the pergola divided into six areas around the entire peak was barely close, and a scene of equal strength was made.

Seeing the situation in the field, Xian Jingyue set his eyes on the Emei Sword Sect in the Confucian pergola in the east. I saw that the deputy head of the sect Feng Ruofu was the leader, including the "Ten Elders" and "Six Great Sword Masters" envoys, all of whom were resting in the pergola of the Emei Sword Sect at this time, but they didn't see the figure of the head Zhu Ruoyu, thinking that he was hidden in the depths of the grass shed, pretending to be profound. Unexpectedly, after a confrontation the day before yesterday, the entire Emei Sword Sect seemed to be a person who had nothing to do, and they were so cheeky to attend the meeting, which shows that even if there is no poison of the "Red Infant Gu", this Emei Sword Sect is also full of confidence, and it is believed that with the power of the "Dinghai Sword", it will be able to win the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance this time.

Not long after, it was four o'clock in the agreed time, Ye Dinggong on the high platform in the north coughed, and Lord Wang of the Ministry of Rites beside him hurriedly straightened his clothes, cleared his throat, stood up from the chair, and said in a loud voice to the crowd present: "The auspicious time has comeβ€”β€”"

As soon as he opened his mouth, a yin and yang strange voice in the west pergola scolded: "To your grandfather's mouth!" The king didn't react for a while, and then said: "β€”The grand meeting begins!" The yin and yang weird voice followed by scolding: "Open your grandma's legs!"