Li Xuan smiled slightly: "I'll just bring the leaders of several major gangs of the alliance to participate." ”

When Ah Ying heard Li Xuan make such an arrangement, she knew that he must have the heart of burning jade, and said worriedly: "You have arranged them all properly, what about me? Isn't it that I am not going back to the main altar or attending the Heroes Conference? Shouldn't I be waiting for you here in this place?"

Li Xuan smiled slightly: "That's right. ”

Ah Ying shook her head and said, "I'm not waiting for you here anymore." We all know that this heroic conference seems to be grand, but in fact, it contains life and death risks. You go alone with the gang leaders of those alliances, and they will abandon you in case of danger. ”

With tears in her eyes, she said categorically: "I will go with you, and I will not drag you down." Brother Xuan's gang leader, although you are strong in martial arts, if you encounter danger, you will not be able to take care of it. If you keep me here, won't you kill me in a hurry?"

Li Xuan heard Ah Ying call her brother Xuan's helper, and was greatly moved when she knew her true feelings, and was silent for a while, but still said: "You stay here." After finishing speaking, I heard Bai Hanbing and everyone say in unison: "As the leader of a gang, how can you take risks alone! Even if you want to go, we should all go with you, and if you want to live and die, everyone will go to life and death together." ”

Yao Zikong saw that although Li Xuan was moved, he did not waver at all, so he became anxious and said loudly: "Helper, it is very inappropriate for you to arrange it like this!"

Everyone knows that the reason why Li Xuan arranged it this way is not only to protect the bloodline of the Heavenly God Gang and prevent everyone from falling into the invisible and untouchable political whirlpool, but also to stabilize the rivers and lakes, reduce ruthless killings, and save more people from fire and water. But how can these thoughts be spoken! He saw that Yao Zikong looked anxious and speechless, and he knew that if he continued to entangle, he was afraid that he would not be able to say it even more.

Li Xuan waved his hand, and without waiting for Yao Zikong to finish speaking, he said coldly: "Brother Yao doesn't need to say it. If you still remember that Gang Master Shen entrusted the Heavenly God Gang to me on his deathbed and asked me to act as the Gang Master, please do as I say. If you think that I, the leader of the gang, are not qualified enough to live up to the mission of the Celestial Gang to revitalize, you can not obey my orders. ”

Hearing his sharp words and firm voices, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

Yao Zikong's face turned red and said: "Since the gang leader is the one we can, how can we disobey the gang leader's orders, alas, the big guys all have their own tasks, why don't I have them? You should arrange something for us to do!"

Li Xuan smiled faintly: "You and A-Ying stay here and wait for me to come back." ”

Everyone knew that they could no longer persuade them, so they couldn't help but be silent. Ah Ying heard Li Xuan mention Shen Wuxing, which had touched the most pain in her heart, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she couldn't help the sadness in her heart anymore, and tears fell like rain. Seeing this, Li Xuan wanted to comfort a few words, and held back. He pondered for a moment and said, "White Right Envoy, you immediately send someone to contact the fifteen gang leaders of the alliance with our gang. ”

The sky is getting brighter, the Laba Festival has arrived, and the earth has become extremely cold.

The Taishan Heroes Conference is set in a wide area under the Lingfeng Cliff. The head of the Songfeng Dao Sect in Lingfeng Cliff, Hongzhen Lao Dao, not only vacated dozens of rooms of the Songfeng Dao Sect for the use of the various gangs participating in the meeting, but also prepared a sumptuous vegetarian meal.

According to the established plan, Li Xuan took fifteen gang leaders of the alliance to Mount Tai Lingfeng Cliff together. Lingfeng Cliff is located in the east of Shibapan, although it is an extremely steep, lonely mountain on three sides, but the peak is gently layered and extremely wide.

Everyone started their light work, crossed the Zhongtian Gate and came to the Lingfeng Cliff under the strange rock, and saw that more than 100 heroes of the rivers and lakes dressed in various colors had arrived. At this time, there was a Xuanyi Taoist who guided Li Xuan and the others to go to the Songfeng Temple to hand over the name post, and asked the location of the Songfeng Taoist Temple, and everyone arrived in front of the Songfeng Taoist Temple in a short time. According to the previous plan, Li Xuan left the leaders of eight of the gangs to wait in place, and then walked slowly towards the gate with the nine Lan Ji'an. The Taoist boy who was waiting by the door of the gate was waiting for the name post, and a middle-aged Taoist came out to greet him in a short time. After the middle-aged Taoist looked at the name card handed over by Li Xuan, his originally solemn face immediately turned into a smile, and after giving a salute, he led the way in front of him, and respectfully invited everyone to enter the Taoist temple.

Everyone followed the middle-aged Taoist into the view, and saw that the view was very quiet, compared with the Lingfeng Cliff and the strange stone land where the heroes gathered before, there was a feeling of being out of the sky. Li Xuan looked at the gloomy and spotless Taoist temple, and secretly praised it in his heart.

The middle-aged Taoist led everyone to turn a huge crane-shaped stone furnace and came to a majestic, simple and solemn hall.

Before everyone could stand still, they could hear a few hearty laughter from the hall. Before the laughter fell, an old man dressed in a dark robe and a fairy wind and bones had already come out. Lao Dao didn't wait for Li Xuan to report his name, and said with a smile: "The poor Dao Songfeng Dao sect Xi Wu teaches the Hongshi Dao people, welcome the Heavenly God Gang leader and all the heroes to come!" Li Xuan saw that the Hongshi Dao people had a childish face, and although his gestures revealed his extraordinary determination, he also faintly had a sophisticated and sophisticated tact.

Hongshi Lao Dao is very straightforward and talkative, and in a few words, he will clearly explain that the head of Hongzhen Lao Dao injured his muscles and veins a few days ago due to practicing martial arts, and he is recovering from the practice of Xianguo Cave in the back mountain. Zen Cave Master Lu Yiyi was surprised when he heard this: "I didn't expect such a grand event, the head of Hongzhen actually went out of the pool!" Hongshi Old Daoist sighed and said: "This is indeed an accident, fortunately, Senior Brother Hongzhen is in good health, and the matter of the Hero Conference has been properly arranged, if it weren't for this, the Songfeng Dao Sect would have to plant a big heel in the rivers and lakes!" Lan Ji'an, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Sect, said with a smile: "The heroes of the rivers and lakes? Are they those people who are bustling under the strange rocks of Lingfeng Cliff!" Hongshi Lao listened to Lan Ji'an's mockery, and was very displeased, and said: " Friends from all over the world, regardless of their martial arts or status, are all guests when they come, and they are naturally heroes. ”

Li Xuan said: "I have more than 100 heroes under the cliff. I made a rough estimate that there were at least two dozen gangs and lone heroes. If the Dao Leader wants to meet each gang or lone hero in person, this is a huge amount of heavy work!"

According to the arrangement made by Senior Brother Hongzhen before, except for the Shaolin Sect, Hengshan Gate, Tianshan Sect, Huashan Sect, Flying Camel Gang, Tianshen Gang, Flying Dragon Sect and Yingtanmen, the heroes of the other sects only need to go and say hello before the conference starts. ”

Li Xuan was not happy when he heard this, and said in his heart: "The Heavenly God Gang has been self-reliant, although it has not done great evil, but its reputation in the rivers and lakes has always been bad. A few years ago, there was a great change in the gang, Shen Wuxing ran away from the rivers and lakes, Hei Yunyi usurped the position of the leader of the Heavenly Gods, and even connived at the gang to bully the good and suppress the good, and later not only led the people to join Wang Shichong, but also colluded with the Flying Camel Holy Lord, and finally died under the hands of Ding Gankun. As for Shen Wuxing, although he had a wish to collect the old departments such as Flower Butterfly and Zodiac Zhongxing before he died, he finally died of exhaustion after the drama. In fact, at this point, in the eyes of the Jianghu people, in addition to having a huge wealth that is unknown, the Tianshen Gang has declined to the point of insignificance. But why did the Songfeng Dao faction put the Tianshen Gang and the Shaolin Sect, the Hengshan Sect, the Tianshan Sect, the Huashan Sect, the Flying Camel Gang, the Flying Dragon Sect, and the Yingtanmen Sect together at this heroic meeting? Wouldn't the Songfeng Dao Sect do this by pushing the Celestial God Gang, which is still in the period of revival, to the forefront of the rivers and lakes?"

Seeing that Li Xuan was silent, Hongshi Lao Dao seemed to see through his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Isn't it strange that Gang Master Li, why are some of the declining Heavenly God Gang now regarded by us as VIP gangs?" Li Xuan nodded and said lightly: "It's really a little strange down there. Hongshi Lao Dao pointed at Li Xuan and said, "Because of you." Li Xuanqi said: "Because of me?" Hongshi Lao Dao nodded and said slowly: "Although the momentum of the Tianshen Gang is not as good as before, the news of Li Shaoxia's brave entry into Zaoling and defeat of Heiyunyi a few days ago has already spread all over the rivers and lakes, and it is because of this that your gang will be regarded as a guest!"

Situ Manshan, the master of the Empty Wind Gate, heard that the Heavenly God Gang was among the receptionists, although he didn't know whether the honor given by the Songfeng Dao Sect was good or bad, he felt that his face was bright, and he laughed and said, "Your sect is really troublesome. I wonder if the other seven gangs are all together?"

Hongshi Lao Dao sighed: "Except for the Shaolin Sect and the Flying Dragon Sect who can't come to this hero conference for some reason, your gang is the last big gang received by Lao Dao. Dragon and Tiger Sect Leader Lan Ji'an interjected: "It turns out that those five gangs have arrived first, where are they now?" After speaking, he said to Li Xuan: "Later, we will go to the venue of the Hero Conference with them." Li Xuan nodded when he heard this, and promised in his mouth, but he secretly said in his heart: "I don't know if the Flying Camel Gang mentioned by Hongshi Lao Dao is the same gang as the Flying Camel Holy Lord's gang! Well, with the strength of the people sent by Wang Shichong and the Twelve Consecutive Chains of Money Villages, they are not regarded as VIP gangs by the Songfeng Dao Sect? This is really strange! However, if you come here, you will be safe, I want to see what kind of drama this hero conference is going to make!"

Everyone was chatting, Hongshi Lao Dao got up and said goodbye to arrange the opening of the hero conference, and Li Xuan and the others sat and waited in the hall.

Chu Nansheng, the head of the Flying Sword Sect, saw Hongshi Lao Dao walking away, and said to Li Xuan: "Li Shaoxia, I don't know if you feel that Hongshi Lao Dao's eyes are dodging when he speaks, as if he is hiding something?"

Li Xuanqi said: "What did Mr. Chu see?" Chu Nansheng muttered: "I can't say clearly, but I just think that every word he says, his eyes are mixed with a cunning look." Hmph, this doesn't look like what a cultivator should look like. ”

Meng Huanian of the Bird Cave Sect was a man of few words, and when he heard Chu Nansheng say this, he couldn't help but nod and said, "What Brother Chu said is true, and I feel the same way!" Li Xuan said: "If you come, you will be safe." Since you have come to help me on the orders of the second son, then we must concentrate and get things done. Therefore, the more fierce the people of the Flying Camel Gang, the Twelve Serial Money Village and Wang Shichong are, the more beneficial it will be for us to gather people's hearts, and only with people's hearts can we talk about peace and stability. ”

Everyone nodded, and was talking nonsense, when they suddenly heard the middle-aged Taoist outside the door say loudly: "Please go to the hero venue with the poor Dao!"

Li Xuan was about to walk out of the door when he heard the sound, but was stopped by Lan Ji'an. Lan Ji'an mysteriously took out a wax-sealed bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Li Xuan, saying, "This is handed over to you by the second son." Li Xuan saw that Lan Ji'an's eyes flashed with a strange light when he spoke, and asked strangely: "What is this?" Lan Ji'an smiled mysteriously: "The second prince didn't say it, just let me tell you that if you meet a person called Lu Ran, you can open the bamboo pipe and do what is written inside." ”

There is a bluestone platform with a length and width of about 30 zhang and a height of about 2 zhang at the sunny place of the Lingfeng Cliff Monster Stone. There is a big flag erected in the middle of the stage, six gilded characters are written on the Taishan Heroes Conference, six wooden chairs are placed under the flagpole, and the names and flags of Hengshan Gate, Huashan Sect, Tianshan Sect, Flying Camel Gang, Tianshen Gang, and Yingtan Gate are inserted behind the wooden chairs.

Li Xuan was led to the bluestone platform by Daotong, and saw that except for the seats of the Flying Camel Gang and the Tianshen Gang, the rest of the seats on the stage were already seated. He took a seat, raised his eyes, and saw that the open space under the stage was already full of people from all over the world.

Most of these people gathered in groups of three or five, with the flags of their own gang planted in front of the pile. The north wind blew, the colorful flags flew fiercely, blended with the bustling voices, and the chaos and panic, so that the whole venue was like a New Year's gathering to purchase New Year's goods, and there was no one who imagined the solemn and solemn appearance of the gangs and factions in the rivers and lakes when they participated in the conference, and they couldn't help but feel disappointed. He was thinking wildly when he heard someone say in a loud voice: "Please sit down with the envoy of the Flying Camel Gang." As soon as the words fell, I saw a tall man with a thin and yellow face, Shi Shiran, on the bluestone platform. This thin-faced man with an extremely arrogant demeanor, after getting on the stone platform, he ignored the noisy noise of the audience while swaggering, found his seat, and sat down with a big thorn. Hongshi Lao Dao stood at the corner of the stage, saw that the stage was finished, coughed lightly, slowly walked to the front desk, pressed down with both hands, and signaled everyone not to make noise. When everyone in the audience saw the main leader of the conference appear, they all quieted down, and craned their necks to listen like ducks looking up at the stars.

Li Xuan sat on the stage, on the left was Zeng Rentian, the master of Hengshan Gate, and on the right was Xue Shan, the leader of Huashan Sect. He listened attentively, only to feel that Zeng Rentian was soft and slender, if there was none, its internal force seemed to be feminine, and Xue Shan was just the opposite, one inhalation and one heavy and heavy, not only clear and recognizable, but also short and powerful. It seems that this man must have been impatient and fierce.

He said secretly: "This thin-faced and yellow-faced man from the Flying Camel Gang is the disciple of the hundred-year-old ghost, Mr. Chu Xuanmeng? This person looks like he is only about forty, but he landed silently when he came to the stage, which shows that his light skills are extremely clever!"

Li Xuan thought about it secretly, and only felt that this hero conference was not only chaotic, but also ordinary, and he couldn't see the uneasy factors left by the three forces of the Flying Camel Gang, Wang Shichong and the Twelve Serial Money Banks taking advantage of the participation of various gangs and factions to wait for an opportunity to annex and expand. Could it be that there is a bigger conspiracy hidden behind it? As he was thinking about it, he saw that Lan Ji'an, Chu Nansheng, Qiao Shiting, Situ Manshan, Xu Sangu, Lu Yiyi, Xue Wanli, Meng Huanian, and Pei Liuxing suddenly disappeared without a trace. This discovery really surprised him. Because he led the gang leaders of the fifteen alliances to participate in the Taishan Heroes Conference in the name of the Celestial God Gang this time, he wanted to join forces to win the position of the chief leader of the rivers and lakes. And now, these nine people are gone, leaving the leaders of the eight gangs with different minds present, and they will not try their best to help them.

Where did the nine Lan Ji'an go?

Li Xuan listened to Hongshi Lao Dao standing in front of the stage and said loudly: "Today is not only the Laba Festival, but also a good day for our gangs in the rivers and lakes to gather. Hehe, this hero conference was originally to bring all the heroes together to discuss how to preserve the bloodline of the rivers and lakes in the troubled times, but the head of this faction Hongzhen considered it again and again and decided to elect a long-awaited and responsible Jianghu chief leader today. Don't quarrel, if there is a chief leader on the rivers and lakes in the future, no matter how chaotic the world is, you can work together to tide over the difficulties under the convening of the chief leader. ”

When everyone in the audience heard this, they made a fuss. One of them asked, "With the general leader, what should we do with the master of our sect?"

Hongshi Lao Dao smiled and said: "The master of this sect is naturally still in charge of his own sect, and he is only responsible for helping in times of emergency. Another person asked loudly: "Isn't this the leader of the Jianghu Alliance?" Hongshi Lao Dao smiled and said: "There is still a difference between the general leader and the leader of the Jianghu Alliance. The leader of the alliance is the master of the alliance, and he is only responsible for coordinating the contradictions and trivial matters between the gangs and factions, and the general leader not only has to coordinate the gangs and factions, but also seeks stability in the overall situation of the rivers and lakes with the court and the anti-kings in the troubled times. ”

The short and shriveled old man in the audience said lightly when he heard this: "Which play is this singing by Hongzhen? The invitation that the old man received before can clearly say that we will discuss the matter of protecting the bloodline of the rivers and lakes. Now that you say that you will change it, don't you make fun of the heroes of the rivers and lakes?" Hongshi Lao Dao sighed: "Is it the old man Zhan Tong Zhan who seals his throat with a sword?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help but be moved. You must know that this Zhan Tong is not simple, he has become famous thirty years ago, not only has an impatient temperament and is ruthless, but also killed the then swordsman Song Naiqiu with a flying rainstorm swordsmanship and became famous all over the country. The short and shriveled old man Zhan Tong seemed to be a little surprised when he saw that Hongshi Lao Dao actually recognized him, his face was gloomy, he snorted coldly, and said, "I am Zhan Tong with a sword to seal his throat, is there something wrong with the old Dao?"

Hongshi Lao Dao smiled and said: "I heard that you have joined An Ruohai An's Twelve Consecutive Money Village a few years ago!" The short and shriveled old man Zhan Tong sneered: "You ask this, is it related to your change of the topic of the Hero Conference?" Hongshi Lao Dao said slowly: "Originally, I didn't plan to change the issue, but recently someone has been making waves under the mountain, not only giving up the heart of protecting the bloodline of the rivers and lakes, but instead using the sword that kills the bloodline of the rivers and lakes." Hmph, since someone wants to sabotage the agenda of the conference, can't we change the agenda of the conference immediately? Old man Zhan, do you think it's okay?"

Zhan Tong's face changed when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and said lightly: "You make it clear, who used the sword that killed the bloodline of the rivers and lakes?"

Hongshi Lao Dao said with a smile: "I said that it doesn't matter who you are, the important thing is that the topic of today's hero conference must be reformulated, and a general leader recognized by everyone must be elected." Hey, with the always carrying the handle, see who dares to make waves. ”

Li Xuan saw that Zhan Tong was about to have a seizure when he heard this, but was pulled by a person dressed in black and covered with a black veil beside him. It seems that this man in black is the chief manager of the Twelve Chains Bank. Seeing that this person was dressed mysteriously, he couldn't help but take a few more looks. For some reason, the more he looked at this person, the more he felt familiar, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

He was thinking about it, when he heard a richly dressed and chubby old man in the southeast corner ask in a loud voice: "Since the responsibility of always carrying the handle is so important, how should we choose it? Quickly set the rules, it is not easy for Lao Tzu to come here, don't talk nonsense!"