Volume 1 Wisdom Fighting the Capital Chapter 11, the shore of Taihu Lake
In the "Junxing" inn in Wucheng County, Zhu Wuneng fell asleep after eating. Shu hattian performed the bone correction technique on the white fox, carefully tied its wounded leg with a few peach branches and a piece of red silk thread, and fed some decoction to see that the white fox had fallen asleep. Shu Haotian called Xu Wuxi to his room and asked:
"Do you know why we left the 'Juying Building' in a hurry today?"
Xu Wuxian said: "Didn't you say that you were afraid that the shopkeeper and others in the store would find out, lest they report to the official?"
Shu hattian snorted coldly: "Just a pariah, what a foot! I saw that 'sweeping the eight wildernesses' Wang Xingmin was near on the left. This old man has good kung fu on his legs, four years ago I watched a play in Cangzhou, and saw that the four men of his Agni Fire Hall were molesting women on the street, and the little old man hated those obscene and cheap people the most in his life, so he kicked and broke the leg bones of two people, cut one person's face, and one was seriously injured, and was shocked by my palm, and it is estimated that he will not live for two months. The old man hated me for injuring other people, and asked me to fight in the Black Tiger Cliff in the southern suburbs of Cangzhou three days later. That night, I fought with him for more than a thousand rounds in the Black Tiger Cliff, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, and I was afraid that his subordinate disciples would come up and sneak attack, so I used light skills to escape overnight. Four years have passed, and I didn't expect to meet him again in this small city in the south of the Yangtze River today. ”
Xu Wuxian said: "Then why didn't this Wang Xingmin do it today?"
Shu hated Tiandao: "Yes, I expect that his mind must be all at tonight's demon hunting conference, and he will not be able to fall into a reputation of 'bullying the elderly' in front of everyone's eyes." When the assembly is over, he will come to me in search of my bad luck. Why wait until tomorrow, I'm going to ruin your conference tonight!"
Xu Wuxian said: "What does the book fairy mean?"
Shu hated Tiandao: "Tonight's demon hunting conference on the shore of Taihu Lake, these hundred or so people must discuss the election of a demon hunting alliance leader, we are lurking in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to destroy, if necessary, I should help you take the position of the alliance leader." ”
Xu Wuxian hurriedly waved his hand and said: "This matter is not allowed! I don't know martial arts, and I don't know Taoism, how can I be worthy of the position of the leader of this demon hunting alliance." ”
Shu Hatian smiled: "What Demon Hunting Alliance Master! Don't take it too seriously." Those people are fighting for the position of the leader of the alliance just to take the opportunity to dominate this southern martial arts, where merchants gather, fish and rice are abundant, if it can be under its control, it will be of great benefit. As for this demon hunt, it's just a name, and I'm afraid no one even knows where the demon is. ”
Xu Wuxian still shook his head and said: "That's not okay, there are still important things to do without illness, I really don't want to have more branches, whether it is the leader of the Demon Hunting Alliance or the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, I don't have the slightest thought about it!"
Shu hattian stared at Xu Wuxian for a long time, and finally said: "Then let's go there and see the excitement, it's okay!"
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It was night, the cool breeze was blowing, the summer insects were chirping, and it was a shallow beach on the shore of Taihu Lake, twenty miles north of Wucheng County. Three bonfires were blazing, a bright moon shone in the sky, more than 100 people formed a large circle around the fire, everyone sat on the ground, and a simple wooden platform was temporarily set up in the center of the circle, on the wooden platform, an old man in a brown robe was talking eloquently, only to hear him say aloud:
"You are all heroes of the Central Plains martial arts, we are gathered together today for only one thing - that is, to catch demons and eliminate demons! For more than three months, the pig demon has been active in the north, from Cangzhou Mansion, Jizhou Mansion, Jinan Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion to Wanping Mansion, many brothers on the road have seen the trace of the pig demon. The brothers followed and searched all the way, but unexpectedly lost the whereabouts of the monster a month ago, but three days ago, someone saw the pig demon appear in Yunzhou Mansion, may I ask the second hall master of Hangzhou Fenshui Hall, is this news reliable?"
At this time, I saw a middle-aged man standing up in the southwest corner, this person bowed to the brown-robed old man on the stage, and then turned around and bowed to the people around him, Fang said slowly: "Shuhu below, I have seen all the heroes here! It is really Fang Mou's luck to have to conspire with all the heroes to catch demons today! I belong to the water hall, there is a hall called 'Wang Xiaoer', his hometown is in this Yunzhou, three days ago he went home to visit his father, missed the lodging when traveling, and spent the night in a pavilion at the foot of the mountain, and got up at night, just saw the pig demon passing by the side of the mountain, when he saw the behemoth at first sight, he was almost scared to death......"
As soon as the middle-aged man stood up, a young man sitting in the east corner couldn't help but say "Huh", this person is no one else, it is Xu Wuxi, who had just escaped from Hangzhou Mansion and rushed here two days ago.
Xu Wuxian saw that his past benefactor Fang Shuhu was not far from him, and as soon as his eyes were hot, he wanted to get up and go over to see him, but he was pulled by Shu Hattian, and Shuxian said softly: "Don't be busy recognizing each other first, and let's see the situation." ”
It turned out that the "half-understood book fairy" Shu hated the heavens and annoyed him, Wang Xingmin sneered at each other during the day, so he was bent on stirring up this "demon hunting conference" to relieve the anger in his heart. Shu hated the Mandate of Heaven prepared a large bamboo basket, which was padded with cotton wool and covered with black cloth on the outside, and placed the white fox in the basket and carried it on his back. In this way, outsiders only know that it is a back basket, but they do not know what is inside.
Shu Hattian took Xu Wuxian and Zhu Wuneng to come to this Taihu Lake at night, but saw a group of heroes gathered in one place, and the "Demon Hunting Conference" had already begun. Shu Hetian and his entourage casually said hello to a few people around them, and then picked up a corner of the east head and sat down. Since more than 100 martial arts figures come from all over the north and south, more than half of them have never been seen, and although everyone looks at these three people who are old and young, they feel strange, but no one cares.
At this time, Wang Xingmin, the head hall master of the Flame Hall on the stage, continued:
It is said that this pig demon body is as big as a mountain, with huge teeth like a knife, sound boom like thunder, and movement like wind, let this demon world giant monster walk on the land of my Divine Continent, it will inevitably hurt innocent human beings. Since this monster has recently appeared in the realm of Yunzhou Mansion, and we and other heroes of the Central Plains martial arts have gathered here, it is natural to think of a perfect strategy to capture and kill this monster as soon as possible......!
Shu hated Tian'er heard Wang Xingmin on the stage talking about righteousness and nonsense there, and his heart was overwhelmed, and he suddenly screamed:
"Master Wang, I heard you say how this 'pig demon' is harmful, you summoned all the martial arts heroes here tonight, you will want to get rid of it and hurry up, let me ask this pig demon has appeared so far, has it ever hurt people? Has it ever caused a disaster? Has it ever caused a disaster?"
Wang Xingmin was arrogant and talking, and suddenly he was asked like this, thinking about it so far, he had heard how vicious and ugly the pig demon was, but he had never heard of the pig demon having done anything hurtful, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Everyone in the audience suddenly heard such a question, and they were all surprised, and looked to the east, and saw that the person who spoke was a long-haired old man, most of whom did not recognize it, and they all started talking for a while.
Liu Chenghe, the master of the Suzhou Mansion's Xuanmiao Temple, also shook his hand and said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! God has the virtue of a good life, Master Wang, if the pig demon has indeed not hurt anyone, we must not make a vain killing and abuse! Although the demon has a different path, the Sanqing Avenue may be able to turn its anger and show its good spirit......
"Yes, yes, yes! What the Taoist chief said is very true! As the saying goes, 'Demons don't offend me, I don't offend demons!' If this pig demon doesn't come to hurt people, don't we necessarily have to kill it! Besides, this pig demon is huge and has extraordinary demon power, can we mortals kill it?" The person who said this was a short and fat middle-aged man, and this person was Pan Mingfang, the leader of the Taihu Gang in Wucheng County, Yunzhou Prefecture. Although the Taihu Gang is located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, there are not many helpers, and their reputation is not large, but they control the water and land in the north and south, and have enjoyed the benefits of water and sky on the south shore of Taihu Lake for many years. Now that there are so many heroes in the rivers and lakes all of a sudden, they want to set up an alliance leader, and they say that it is for the demon catcher, but Pan Mingfang knows that someone must be interested in the benefits of his hands, and he wants to seize the territory. He was annoyed and unwilling in his heart, but the forces that were intimidated by Wang Xingmin's Burning Fire Hall did not dare to openly oppose him. Now that he saw that someone had come to disturb him first, he no longer hesitated at the moment, and took the opportunity to pick up the conversation, intending to muddy the troubled waters even more.
Wang Xingmin, who "swept the eight wildernesses with one leg", squinted his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was the "half-solved book fairy" Shu Hatian, who was arguing with him during the day, and he was angry at the moment, and said in his heart that if I don't come to you, you still dare to come to me! He had the heart to suddenly make trouble, but looking at the situation in front of him, everyone in the audience had been attracted by Liu Chenghe and Pan Mingfang to gossip and discuss, so they had to suppress the anger in their hearts, and shouted:
"Everyone, be quiet, and listen to me!"
When Wang Xingmin said the word "quiet", he was lucky, and suddenly lifted his left foot and stepped forward, and he heard the sound of the wooden plank under his feet, which was already broken into three pieces. This trick is called "Steady Steps", which seems to be unremarkable, but it actually contains Wang Xingmin's extremely powerful leg skills. This leg down, the internal force from the bottom layer of the progressive, to the force, the foot of the plank is not stepped into two sections, but from far and near, broken into a flat three, the length of each section is equivalent, the fracture is neat, there is no decades of internal force cultivation, can not do this at all.
Wang Xingmin quietly showed this unique skill, the audience is all people who practice martial arts, how can there be anyone who does not know the goods? Everyone watched these three broken plates slowly fall, and the people who were noisy before were so shocked that they didn't dare to say anything more, and they didn't know who shouted "Good kung fu!" for a while. Wang Xingmin was proud in his heart, so he continued Fang Cai's words and said loudly:
Although God has the virtue of a good life, but the demon is a demon after all, it is not harmful today, and it is difficult for him to guarantee that he will not hurt people in the future, and it is the principle of heaven that demons eat people, and people catch demons! Although this pig demon has not yet opened its demonic nature, it has not hurt people for the time being, if it is demonic in the future, it will be tyrannical, and at that time, it will be too late for me to regret it!"
Wang Xingmin paused, suddenly turned around again, his eyes were like torches, looked at Pan Mingfang, and said: "Gang Master Pan, you said that we mortals can't kill the pig demon, then I want to ask Gang Master Pan, according to your meaning, if the pig demon comes to eat people in the future, we mortals can only obediently tie our hands and necks, waiting for the pig demon to eat?"
Pan Mingfang was afraid in his heart, and said: "Of course I don't mean that, I mean that we mortals usually only use some means of dancing knives and guns, and there is nothing to be done if we really encounter a pig demon, even if your old man Wang's martial arts are good, can you deal with the pig demon?"
Wang Xingmin let out a long laugh and said: "With the strength of my Wang alone, of course I can't deal with the pig demon, but there are more than 10 million heroes in my martial arts! Everyone works together to catch demons, even if that monster has three heads and six arms, can it still be able to defeat my entire Central Plains martial arts? Therefore, my Wang invited everyone to gather here today, just to discuss the election of an alliance leader, so as to lead everyone together to catch demons and eliminate demons and save the common people!"
As soon as Wang Xingmin's words fell, some people in the audience echoed one after another, and one said: "Old man Wang is right! Catching demons and eliminating demons is exactly what people in my martial arts should do! We set up a demon hunting alliance leader today, and everyone will follow him in the future!"
The other said: "What the master of the hall said is very true! What is so terrible about the pig demon, today we have the master of the demon hunting alliance, in the future, the people in the martial arts of the world will gather under my demon hunting alliance, and when the time comes, everyone will go into battle together, even if the pig demon has great skills, everyone only needs to punch it and step on it, and they must not kill it on the spot and step on it into a meat pie......
Shu Haotian in the audience listened to the words of these Jianghu characters at the bottom of the well, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, and couldn't help but want to say a few words of ridicule. He was about to say something to each other, when he heard someone next to him say in a loud voice:
"Then according to the meaning of Old Man Wang, the position of the leader of the Demon Hunting Alliance today is none other than Old Man Wang?" Shu hated Tian squinted his eyes, and it was the leader of the White Horse Gang in Jizhou Mansion who spoke.
Wang Xingmin said: "Although my Wang has been loved by all his fellow martial artists and has created some foundations in Cangzhou Mansion, after all, he is old and frail, and he is absolutely incompetent for the position of alliance leader." The monster hunting that everyone is talking about today is a big deal, and this position of the leader of the monster hunting alliance naturally has to find a young hero whose martial arts, virtue, and prestige are far superior to mine!"
Someone in the audience said: "Don't shirk the hall master! If you say that even you, the hall master Wang, are not competent, what other heroes here can be competent?"
Someone next to him echoed: "Yes, Master Wang is a benevolent and chivalrous man, and he is well-known in martial arts, as for martial arts, who else here can be your opponent?
Wang Xingmin waved his hand slightly and said: "The hospitality of all the heroes, Wang Mou understands, but the character I want to recommend today is really a big hero." He became a master of swordsmanship at the age of 13, and at the age of 17, he went north along the Yellow River, killing 76 bandits along the river within a year, and the people along the way all applauded...... He is the eldest disciple of my master's sect, the sunset of the people in the rivers and lakes who call it the 'Cangshan Twilight Rain Sword'!"
As soon as the word "sunset" came out, the audience was like an explosion. "I didn't expect that the prince of Luoyang is really here!" "Luoyang is naturally the most suitable to be the leader of this demon hunting alliance." "Luoyang, the great disciple of the first major sect in the rivers and lakes, is a hero who is rare to see in a hundred years!" ...... Everyone was gossiping, you and I were talking, and the atmosphere of this demon hunting conference suddenly became extremely active.
First, the prestige of this Shaoshan disciple Luoyang is too great, and most of the people in the rivers and lakes have admired it for a long time; second, since the First World War three years ago, Luoyang has not been able to retreat, and his footprints are rarely heard, and it is rumored that although he killed the "Black Wind Seven Evils", he has suffered a huge injury and has lost all his martial arts. Now when I heard the name of Sunset at first glance, it was rumored that Sunset would appear at tonight's Demon Hunting Conference was true, and for a while, everyone in the audience was naturally extremely excited......
Shu Hattian, Xu Wuxian, and Zhu Wuneng sat quietly in the east of the stage, looking at this chaotic scene, Shu Hattian sneered again and again, and whispered to Xu and Zhu: "These stupid wastes, for a young mountain disciple, can be so excited to be like this......"
Xu Wuxian asked, "Does the Book Immortal know what kind of sect this Shaoshan is?"
Shu hattian looked at Xu Wuxian in puzzlement, and said, "Boy, don't tell me that you haven't even heard of Shaoshan." People in the rivers and lakes all know that there are 'one tower, two mountains, three pavilions, and four gates' in this world, which are the respect of each sect. Among them, these 'two mountains' are 'Shu Mountain in the south and Shaoshan Mountain in the north', and there are no less than 10 million disciples under the Shaoshan Sect, and I don't know how many disciples there are in this 'outer four halls' and 'inner three courtyards' alone......"
Zhu Wuneng interjected and asked, "What are the 'inner four halls' and 'outer three courtyards'?"
Shu Haotian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Idiot! If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person! Shaoshan's 'outer four halls' are the Hangzhou Fenshui Hall, Cangzhou Agni Hall, Bazhou Zhenlei Hall, Qinzhou Yufeng Hall, ......"
The three of them were talking softly, when they suddenly saw a young man leap down from the tree with the branches of a large banyan tree behind them. The man turned around in the air again, like a rainbow, and fell in the center of the wooden platform, and under the moonlight, this young man stood tall and jade, and his clothes fluttered, like a heavenly immortal descending. Everyone suddenly saw that this person fell from the sky, and the posture of landing was so light and beautiful, and they knew that it must be the sunset of the great disciple of Shaoshan, and they all applauded at the moment.
Shu hated the sky and secretly screamed "ashamed", and said in his heart that this person had been hiding in the banyan tree for a long time, and he didn't even notice it in the slightest, this person's kung fu was really unfathomable.
As soon as the young man landed, Wang Xingmin stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "Xingmin has seen Senior Brother!" The young man bowed slightly, which was regarded as a return salute. Wang Xingmin immediately turned to everyone and said, "This is my fellow senior brother - the 'Cangshan Dusk Rain Sword' Luoyang Gongzi. If everyone here today has no objection, we will jointly promote the Falling Sun Son as the leader of the Demon Hunting Alliance, and in the future, everyone will follow the Falling Sun Prince......"
Wang Xingmin was about to elaborate on this strategy of forming an alliance to catch demons, when a person suddenly stood up in the audience, raised his head and said, "Wait!"