At noon the next day, Xu Zhi and others learned that Hong Tao had been beheaded by Gao Jixing because he could not hand over the assassin and the talisman. After Gao Jixing searched for the soldiers from the Changjiao Gang's Ezhou rudder, he was even more furious and ordered the Changjiao Gang to be banned within the Eyue area, and if the local prefectures and counties found that there were hidden disciples of the Changjiao Gang, regardless of men, women, old and young, they would be arrested and executed immediately.

Since Gao Jixing was frightened by the assassins during the Shangyuan Festival, he lived in seclusion, and did not dare to meet guests alone, and declared martial law in Ezhou City for a month.

A month later, it was the time to return to the land in spring, Xu Zhi saw that the guards in Ezhou were gradually relaxed, and decided to lead Zhou Yuanzhi, He Mengjiao and others to board the ferry, go down the river, and go to Lushan in Jiangzhou.

Along the way, the spring rain continued, Xu Zhi looked at the dim river, from time to time there were one or two river gulls passing by the side of the boat, making a babbling sound, and couldn't help but remember: When he was injured by Zhou Chen's tiger fist, he was accompanied by the wind day and night, and traveled all the way to the west, but a few years later, the river was still the same, but Brother Ling and Senior Brother Hui couldn't walk with him, Xu Zhi thought about it, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was sad, and knew that he remembered the past when he walked with Huifeng all the way, and he talked a lot by his side, so Xu Zhi was better.

He Mengjiao saw Xu and Zhou sitting next to each other, although their faces were sad, but their words were affectionate. He Mengjiao couldn't bear to disturb Xu and Zhou, with a gloomy mood, alone in the drizzle, standing on the bow of the boat, she looked around, only to see the river scenery in early spring, just like the feelings of a girl, ignorant and restless, couldn't help but take out the jade flute, and played the ancient song of "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", and suddenly the sound of the flute resounded all around, and the roar of the river, complemented each other, it was very in tune, attracting the merchants on the boat to stop and listen.

Li Cunxiao, Xue Atan, Anger, and Idiot were very excited for the first time on such a big river boat. Xue Atan sighed: "This river boat is really big and magnificent, if my mother is still alive and let her old man sit on it, then her old man will definitely say: "This is the official ship of the Dragon King!

He said with envy: "Brother Xue, I have grown so big, and it is the first time I have seen such a big river boat, I really hope that I can spend my life on this boat, and never go ashore!"

The idiot also said: "Yes, senior brother, I suddenly understood that the ferry and the ferry boat are a truth that the Buddhists say, life is like this boat drifting in the river, we must not only go with the flow, but also go against the current, in order to achieve positive results!"

After Xue Atan finished speaking, it caused a burst of laughter from everyone. The idiot said: "Brother Xue, the idiot has grown so big, and it's the first time I've seen such a big river boat, I really hope that I can spend my life on this boat and never go ashore!"

I was also envious: "Yes, idiot junior brother, I suddenly understood that the Buddhists said that the ferry and the ferry boat are a truth, life is like this boat drifting in the river, you have to go with the flow, in order to achieve positive results!"

Li Cunxiao listened to the discussion of several people and complained: "What's the use of a big boat? It's much slower than the boat in the Ru River, and I don't know how many sticks of incense it takes to get to Jiangzhou? I'm a little tired of being bored on this boat every day!"

Xue Atan saw that Li Cunxiao was a little displeased, and hurriedly said: "What Brother Li said is very true, staying on the boat every day, my butt is itchy, I don't know what is delicious and fun in Jiangzhou?", after speaking, he swept everyone with his eyes.

Li Cunxiao scolded, "Xue Aniu, you only know how to eat and drink, we have arrived in Jiangzhou, we can't delay Brother Xu's business!", everyone nodded when they heard it.

Under the expectation of everyone, the river boat finally docked at the wharf in Jiangzhou, at this time it was close to Qingming, Zhou Yuanzhi saw that the whole Jiangzhou was immersed in a piece of peach and willow green, the warbler song and swallow dance, the mood was very happy, and saw that there was some gold leaf in the bag, and proposed that everyone go to Xunyang Tower in Jiangzhou for a visit, Xu Zhi and others listened to it, and nodded yes.

Everyone climbed the Xunyang Tower, and just about to find an empty seat to sit down, they heard a monk talking in the room, and saw the man say: "Master, we must think of a way to stop this Lushan Heroes Conference!"

The monk sighed: "It's difficult! Now that Shaolin is in ruins, and Wudang is out of the world, just by you and me, as well as a few friends from the same way in Jiangnan, you can stop their conspiracy, and it is difficult for the old man to go to heaven!"

Xu Zhi saw that these two voices were very familiar, and when he got closer, he saw that it was the Zhixin Zen Master of Shaolin Temple and the Lingkong Daoist of Wudang Sect, and there were Zhu Fu of the Shenlong Sect and the big disciple of Shaolin Temple sitting beside them.

Xu Zhi said excitedly: "Master Zhixin, Brother Ling, Sect Leader Zhu, Senior Brother, I didn't expect to meet you here!", and bowed to the four of them after speaking. Zhou Yuanzhi, He Mengjiao and others also followed Xu Zhi to salute the four.

Ling Kong was very happy to see Xu Zhi leading so many heroes from the sky, and hurriedly beckoned Xu Zhi and the others to sit down, and said with a smug smile: "Master, what did Poor Dao just say that the soldiers will block, and the water will cover it, and now there are so many heroes and heroes on our side, what are you afraid of Yun Feiyang, Jiang Wangshen, and Jiang Chengfeng? Even with the thousands of disciples of Jiang Shenmiao and Changjiao Gang, we are not afraid of him!"

Zhixin was also relieved a lot when he saw Xu Zhi's sudden arrival, and said with a smile: "Dao Chief, according to the old man, it is still necessary to think from the long term! This time it is about the safety of the rivers and lakes, and the face of the martial arts, you must not be careless!"

Xu Zhi quietly asked Zhu Fu and Lichen beside him, and only then did he know what happened: it turned out that after Yun Feiyang, Jiang Chengfeng, and Jiang Chao returned to Jiangnan, they wrote letters to all major sects of martial arts, and the letter said: If you fight every year today, the government decree is not passed, and the political disputes between fellow martial arts people are getting more and more intense, which is really not the blessing of martial arts. Yun Feiyang courageously invited the world's martial arts colleagues, Qingming Festival in Lushan, Jiangzhou, Jiangxi, to gather at the grand event, eliminate grievances, select the alliance leader, command the martial arts, and benefit the people of the world.

Xu Zhi asked, "Master Zhixin, Brother Ling, what do fellow martial arts fellows think about this grand meeting to elect the leader of the alliance?"

Ling Kong replied: "For example, there are three attitudes towards this hero conference in the martial arts today: one attitude is to openly support Yun Feiyang, mainly Jiang Shenmiao in Jiangzhou, Jiao Gang in Yuezhou, Zhuque Gate in Ganzhou, and Miao Village in Yungui, they all hope that by participating in this martial arts conference, they will show goodwill to the general of the imperial court, become famous in the world, and get a piece of the pie; The major factions in the Central Plains, now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, it is difficult for them to participate in or oppose the conference of the League; the third attitude is to oppose it. Shenlong Sect and several other gangs, and Shaolin was newly established in Putian, Fujian, and a hundred ruins are waiting to be revived, and Wudi is located in the northwest of Hubei is also beyond the reach of the whip, only the Zhu gang leader in the East China Sea is strongly opposed, he thinks that the purpose of Yun Feiyang to gather the world's heroes to gather in Lushan, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, it is another ulterior purpose, not only harmful to the entire martial arts, but also to disturb the entire Jiangnan?"

Zhu Fu saw that after seeing the volley, he explained: "You don't know, this general Yun of Ouchi has come to Jiangnan many times in a year, and he has a very close relationship with the black and white roads in Jiangnan, and it is unbelievable that he is a general in the south of the Yangtze River to make Yang Xingmi of Yangzhou and Gao Jixing of Jingchu obey his orders, so that after the Yellow King crossed the river and went north, Jiangnan was tragically ravaged by the officials and troops! Now he took out the gold medal order arrow given by the imperial court in Jiangzhou, claiming to have jurisdiction over all the Daozhou prefectures of Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Jingchu, and Gao Biao of Yangzhou, Qian Miao of Hangzhou, Gao Maoqing in Jiangxi strongly objected, saying that Yun Feiyang could not get the edict of the imperial court, that is, arrogance, seeing that the tension on both sides was about to start a war, and the bitter life of the people in Jiangnan was about to begin!"

Zhixin was still puzzled: "Gang Leader Zhu, these are all battles in the officialdom, what does this have to do with our alliances on the rivers and lakes?

Zhou Yuanzhi listened to Zhixin's words and said in surprise: "Since the master is not opposed to the election of the alliance leader, then why should he oppose this conference?"

Zhixin said with a smile: "Miss Zhou, in fact, these two are not contradictory, in fact, the attitude of Daoist Lingkong, Gang Leader Zhu and I is also the same, we still have to participate in this conference, but we have to try our best to prevent Yun Feiyang from becoming the leader of the alliance, but to elect a great hero who truly serves the country and the people to be the leader of the alliance!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Master Zhixin, Brother Ling, you are highly respected and your martial arts are extraordinary, only you can convince the heroes of the world when you are the leader of the alliance!"

Xu Zhi, Zhu Fu and others also strongly agreed. How do you know that Zhixin waved his hand and said: "Lao Qu and Lingkong Dao people have no intention of the rivers and lakes, besides, we are all old, we have more than enough strength to do so, there are thousands of sects in this rivers and lakes, and the rights and wrongs of black and white are even more complicated, if you want me to say, let you young people take on the position of the leader of this alliance! Lao Qu sees that Xu Zhi among your young people is a very good candidate, he is superb in martial arts, worried about the country and the people, and has noble ambitions, Lao Qu is willing to highly recommend him as the leader of the martial arts alliance!"

In fact, we have also analyzed that Yun Feiyang has nothing more than three candidates for the alliance leader, that is, himself, Jiang Chengfeng, Jiang Wangshen or Jiang Chao, the three of them are very despicable in character, and their reputation is not high, so if they want to win the position of alliance leader, there is only one way to fight for martial arts!" Among these three people, Jiang Chengfeng is strong in underwater kung fu, so the possibility of him as the leader of the alliance is extremely small, although Yun Feiyang and Jiang Chao are very young, but the blades in their hands are really difficult to beat, Master Zhixin and I have fought with them, there is no absolute certainty that we can defeat them, and we are fighting with them for the false name of an alliance leader, but we are laughed at by fellow martial artists, thinking that we bully the small with the big and break the rules of the martial arts!"

Li Cunxiao listened to Zhixin and Lingkong's explanation, and said with great joy: "Since the two masters are unwilling to fight for this alliance leader, then Brother Xu is the most suitable candidate among the young people, Brother Xu, you don't need to be too humble, with your ability, you have the strength to compete with Yun Feiyang and Jiang Chao for the position of this alliance leader!"

Xue Atan also echoed: "Brother Li said well, I, Xue Aniu, have admired Brother Xu alone in my life, since everyone is unwilling to go, then let's let Brother Xu go." Anyway, you can't cheapen the two bastards Yun Feiyang and Jiang Chao, and let them easily become the leader of the alliance!"

Lichen also said: "I also approve of Xu Zhi to fight, Xu Zhi is not only my Shaolin lay disciple, but also the proud disciple of Ling Daochang, that is, he became the leader of the alliance, and it is also the glory of our two factions!", Lichen's words were also echoed by the faith, anger, and foolishness.

Xu Zhi saw that Li, Xue and others strongly recommended themselves to take the position of the leader of the alliance, and said ashamedly: "Xu Zhi He De and how can he be, thank you for being so valued, this position of the leader of the alliance is related to the safety of the entire martial arts, and I really dare not take on this important task after studying!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Xu Zhi's blind concession, and also persuaded: "Brother Xu, now is not the time for you to retreat, Master Zhixin, Brother Ling, Gang Leader Zhu, Senior Brother, you may not know Yun Feiyang's ambition, he must want to use this hero conference to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, collect the dead, and then take the opportunity to raise troops and take action, attack and occupy Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Jingchu and other places, break away from the imperial court, and divide Jiangnan." Brother Xu, if you don't come forward and stop it, then thousands of people will die under the shadow of swords and swords, as well as our sincere abbot, Zhide Zen Master, and Grandpa Wang, they also died in the hands of Yun Feiyang and his lackeys, Brother Xu retreated in case of trouble, is it worthy of their spirit in the sky?"

He Mengjiao saw that what Zhou Yuanzhi said was emotional and reasonable, and also persuaded: "Brother Xu, what Sister Zhou said is very true, the eldest husband must be responsible, how can he be afraid of false fame?"

Seeing that Xu Zhi was no longer talking, Ling Kong knew that he had acquiesced, so he said: "Xu Zhi, Brother Ling is envious of you having so many good friends and confidants around you, and you don't want to live up to their expectations of you! By the way, the only thing you have to worry about now is Yun Feiyang's weird Nine Dragon Whip and the White Rainbow Sword in Jiang Chao's hand! Master Zhixin, you have fought with Yun Feiyang, can you talk about how to deal with the changes in the Nine Dragon Whip?"

Zhixin pondered for a moment and replied, "The old man has also pondered for a long time, if you want to defeat Yun Feiyang, you need dexterous light skills to dodge his unpredictable Nine Dragon Whip. It's a pity that during Xu Zhi's time in Shaolin, we only took care of the safety of the whole temple, and did not teach our disciples light skills. In fact, the principle of light footwork and elegant swordsmanship is the same, that is, the heart and the eye are used together, the heart is strong, and the fast is light, these twelve words mantra!", after speaking, he jumped on the table and walked briskly on everyone's wine bowls and chopsticks.

Xu Zhi saw that Zhixin stepped on the fragile wine bowl on his toes, and the extremely thin chopsticks, but he could walk freely, as fast as lightning, and he suddenly understood the truth of this twelve-character mantra, that is, the faster and more natural the footwork, the more he can step on light objects, without worrying about slipping and falling, this is the basic principle of practicing light skills.

Zhixin saw Xu Zhi nodding constantly, knowing that he had some experience, and instructed him: "There is also a Shaolin internal strength method, that is, the force is condensed in the bones, and the hair is at the end, the qi sinks in the marrow, and disperses in the veins, only in this way can the qi and blood travel around the body, which is also the same source as Ling Daochang's Wudang internal strength, but Shaolin's internal force emphasizes external practice, not Wudang's internal cultivation!"

Zhixin saw Xu Zhi silently remembered it again, and sighed: "It's a pity that there are still ten days to be the Qingming Festival, Xu Zhi has to practice hard, I hope you can realize a good way to defeat Yun Feiyang!"

After Zhixin finished speaking, he said to Ling Kong: "Ling Kong Lao Dao, you once asked Lao Qu to teach Shaolin's "Yi Jin Jing" to Xu Zhi, but unfortunately "Yi Jin Jing" Lao Ke also did not understand much, and he could not be fast. By the way, why don't you pass something to Xu Zhi so that he can defeat Yun Feiyang and the others?"

Ling Kong said: "Master Zhixin doesn't know, back then, the old Taoist taught what he had learned all his life to Xu Zhi and Huifeng and their brothers without reservation, what else can be taught now! However, if Brother Xu meets Jiang Chao, you can only restrain the Baihong Sword in his hand if you find the Ziqing Sword, otherwise unless you have the ability to control the sword qi and resist the enemy outside the hundred zhang! It's a pity that my Wudang ancestor Ziyang Zhenren may not be able to reach such a realm back then!"

He Mengjiao sighed: "Brother Ling, aren't you talking in vain? Even such a powerful martial idiot as Ziyang's predecessor has not reached the realm, how can Brother Xu reach it in a few days, but we are now at the foot of Lushan Mountain, why don't we go and find that Ziqing Sword, maybe we can find it?"

Ling Kong smiled: "Haha, that's even more impossible to find, since the death of Ziyang Zhenren, heroes from all walks of life in the world have gone up and down Lushan to find the sword, 60 years, almost up and down Lushan, digging three feet into the ground to find it all over, and there is no trace of the whereabouts of the Ziqing sword, some people say that the sword is the green dragon in the sky, in a night of wind and rain, thunder and lightning, flying into the sky." This artifact is hard to find, how can we find it easily!"

Ling Kong suddenly asked, "Brother Xu, why isn't Brother Hui with you?"

Xu Zhi saw Ling Kong asking about Hui Feng, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Ling, Senior Brother Hui, he stayed in Bianzhou, he didn't want to come to Jiangnan with his junior brother!", after speaking, he told Ling Kong, Zhixin and others what he had experienced in detail.

Ling Kong, Zhixin and others were not only saddened by the tragic experience of Huifeng and Cheng Yingying, but also ashamed of the despicable acts of Zhu Wen, Yun Feiyang and others, and even more relieved that Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi and others used a plan to disband the Changjiao Gang in Ezhou.

Everyone hated to see each other late, and drank and talked until late at night, before resting.