Chapter Sixty-Eight: Long Overdue

There are clouds in the Book of Poetry, and the Song is high and the mountains are extremely high.

Songshan is called Zhongyue, divided into two parts of Shaomur Mountain and Taimuro Mountain, has seventy-two peaks, is magnificent, tranquil and uneven, is the famous mountain of Chinese civilization through the ages.

Now the snow is falling, Taimur Mountain is covered in silver, majestic and silent, but the Laba Festival is approaching, and Dengfeng County under the mountain is still bustling.

In the Li Ji Tavern near the north city gate, there are a large number of old drinkers nearby, pushing glasses and changing lamps, laughing and scolding and making noise.

After a while, a group of high-crowned Taoist priests walked by at the gate, about forty or fifty people, both old and young, went straight out of the city gate, and ran to the direction of Shengguan Peak of Taimur Mountain against the wind and snow.

"Hey, on this snowy day, the Taoist priests still go up the mountain to hit the immortals?" a drunken guest surged up, muttering and laughing.

"It's a pity that you are still out of town a few days ago, otherwise you would have been blessed. On that day, more than 30 young and beautiful nuns entered the city, and the next day, like this group of Taoist priests, they went up to Taimur Mountain..."

"Hmph, I don't know if I'm alive or dead..." A scolding sounded from behind the counter not far away, and the white-haired shopkeeper Xie had a cold face, as if he was not afraid of offending the guests, "Are those female bodhisattvas that you kid can blaspheme? aren't they all good-tempered, you kid's tongue doesn't want it!"

The drinker was already in his thirties, but he didn't dare to get angry at all when he was called a boy by the old shopkeeper, but like a child who made a mistake, his face was full of Nuo Nuo, but he muttered unwillingly: "Xie Bo, aren't they just a group of nuns..."

"You claw puddle knows a fart, didn't you see that they are all carrying swords, or go to Shengguan Peak in Taimur Mountain, those are all Jianghu people who lick blood with real knives, it is likely to be the Beiyue Hengshan faction, which is one of the five sword factions with the Zhongsongshan faction on Shengguan Peak, with strong martial arts and superb swordsmanship, saying that if you cut your tongue, the sword blade will never hurt your lips at all!"

"Uncle Xie taught me that the little nephew Meng Lang is gone!" As soon as the middle-aged drinker heard that he was a strong martial arts man, he immediately looked afraid, born at the foot of Songshan Mountain, even if he had never learned martial arts, he had also seen many disciples of Shaolin Temple and Songshan faction, they were all first-class fierce people, and they drew their swords against each other without saying a word, and blood was splashed on the spot! Xie Bo, who are the people of the Wuyue Sword Sect, you always talk about it, and let us see it!"

The old shopkeeper glared at the middle-aged drinker, stroked his gray beard, and then said slowly: "Wuyue, Wuyue, just listen to the name, it is a martial arts sect based on Wuyue, divided into Zhongyue Songshan faction, Dongyue Taishan faction, Beiyue Hengshan faction, Xiyue Huashan faction, and Nanyue Hengshan faction, all of which are second-class martial arts masters in the world second only to Shaolin Wudang, and are good at swordsmanship. Needless to say, the Songshan faction of Shengguan Peak, the female bodhisattvas who passed by a few days ago are the people of the Beiyue Hengshan faction, and the Taoist priests who have just passed, the Taoist robes and costumes are magnificent, they should be the people of the Dongyue Taishan faction, as for the Xiyue Huashan faction..."

The middle-aged drinker was listening to it with interest, so he might as well interrupt suddenly, so he looked at the old man, and was about to urge, but found that the old man's eyes were wrong, and couldn't help but follow the old man's gaze to the door.

Another group of fifty or sixty people passed by, led by four people, all dressed in chic cyan robes, carrying long swords, followed by fifty or sixty men in strong suits, carrying swords, quietly walking towards the north gate in the wind and snow.

Today is the seventh day of the lunar month, and tomorrow is the day of the alliance of the five mountains of the Laba Festival. Yue Buqun came to the foot of Songshan Mountain with a little pinch, crossed Dengfeng City directly, climbed Songshan slowly, and arrived at Shengguan Peak where the Songshan faction was located It was close to evening.

It stands to reason that in order to show respect to the leader of the alliance, the Songshan faction, the other four factions should arrive at Songshan two or three days in advance on the day of the alliance. However, Yue Buqun deliberately delayed the day of departure, and let the Huashan faction be the last sect to arrive, which naturally had a deep meaning, and it was a decision after careful consideration. And Yue Buqun inadvertently heard from the old shopkeeper that the Taishan faction had just gone up the mountain, not much earlier than his Huashan faction, but he didn't expect it, as for the reason why the Taishan faction was deliberately late, Yue Buqun only thought about it a little, and then he understood, the senior brother of Tianmen, the head of Taishan, was upright and upright, and he would never be rude, I am afraid that it is still Yujizi, Yuxuanzi, Yuyinzi, those who are not right-minded, greedy for power and position are making trouble...

Seeing that the mountain gate of the Songshan faction of Shengguan Peak was approaching, there were six young men in dark yellow suits on the left and right of the spacious steps, holding a broad black sword, standing solemnly in the wind and snow, with a solemn bearing.

"A good disciple of Zuo Lengzen's training..." Yue Buqun sighed in a low voice, and Feng Buping, Yu Ming, and Cheng Buxian beside him nodded in agreement. Yue Buqun knew that the three of them only saw from the surface that the six Songshan disciples in front of them were well-trained and had extraordinary momentum, but they were not as good as Yue Buqun's own Zixia divine achievements, and their ears and eyes were far more intelligent than ordinary people, but in a moment, they could see a lot of secrets from the six disciples' body shape, physique, breathing speed and other aspects - the six people had a solid foundation of internal strength and swordsmanship, although they were not yet masters, but whether they were in Shaolin Wudang or the major sects, they could be described as an important backbone. In the previous heyday of Huashan, it was difficult for such elite disciples to exceed 100 people.

At this time, the six Songshan disciples naturally also found the Huashan faction and his party, but they were still motionless, until the leading Yue Buqun senior brothers stepped into the ten steps of the mountain gate, and then they sang in unison: "Huashan Sect Yue is here!"

Although today's Songshan faction has the name of the leader of the Wuyue Alliance, and its power has expanded rapidly, it is still far from the rumbling power of the Shaolin Wudang at the beginning of the original Xiaoao, and the Songshan disciples do not have that kind of high-flying and domineering posture, and they are very polite and courteous when receiving the fellow sects of the other factions of the Wuyue.

On this night, Yue Buqun met the main figures of the other four factions, Songshan Zuo Lengchan, Fei Bin, Lu Bai, Ding Mian and other brothers, Hengshan Dingxian, Dingjing, Dingyi, Hengshan Moda, Liu Zhengfeng, Taishan's Tianmen, Tiansong, Tianbai, Yujizi, Yuxuanzi, Yuyinzi, and Yuzhongzi.

Everyone didn't see each other much before, and some didn't even say a word, but the alliance of the five mountains has been a long time, and even if the various factions have occasional intrigue in the open and secret, it does not affect the consensus that the five mountains are united in the same spirit, and then resist the offensive of the demon sect together, and retreat to suppress the Shaolin martial arts. Moreover, this is the first meeting of the alliance after Zuo Lengchan ascended to the position of the leader of the alliance, and naturally tried his best to show the bearing of the leader of the alliance, not only did not mention the belated arrival of the two factions of Mount Tai and Huashan, but also enthusiastically introduced them among everyone, so that everyone quickly had a general understanding of the people of his faction.

At the dinner, after a few glasses of wine, people with similar personalities got together, talked and praised each other, and there was a harmonious scene.

In this regard, Yue Buqun was not surprised, and even Zuo Lengchan, Mo Da, Dingxian and others who were also thoughtful in the field were not surprised, and still calmly entertained. After all, when everyone first gathered today, they did not talk about matters related to the interests of various factions, and there was no constraint of sectarian contradictions, so everyone could naturally intersect at will.

In Yue Buqun's opinion, the masters of today's various factions are still young, and they can even be said to be a little immature, and most of them are quite sharp and don't know how to hide. Yue Buqun paid special attention to the three of them, Zuo Lengchan was majestic, domineering and looming, and had begun to take on a generation of heroic temperament; Mo Da was taciturn, tepid, and well versed in the way of hiding clumsiness; he was calm and quiet, his face was kind, his Buddhist cultivation was quite profound, and there was wisdom in his plain eyes that flashed faintly. In addition, some of them are calm and atmospheric, such as Songshan Lu Bai, some are impatient and straightforward, such as Hengshan Dingyi, Taishan Tiansong, some are upright and polite, such as Taishan Tianmen, some are ruthless, such as Songshan Fei Bin, some are sanctimonious, such as Taishan Jade Isozi, Jade Xuanzi, and some are plain and gentle, such as Hengshan Liu Zhengfeng, Hengshan Dingjing, Taishan Jade Zhongzi and so on.

Others gave up, but Yue Buqun was quite surprised that Liu Zhengfeng, who was later obsessed with music and rhythm and created a smiling and proud song, still got along very well with his taciturn senior brother Mo Da at this time, and was very close.

I don't know how the two got into trouble later, it can't be that Liu Zhengfeng likes the new and hates the old, only to see the new friend Qu Yang laughing, and not seeing the old friend and brother suffering, so he becomes hate because of love, right?

Early the next morning, all factions gathered in the main hall of Songshan, it was bustling for a while, I am afraid that there were not nearly 1,000 people, but fortunately, the Songshan faction was already crowded, and the hall used for the gathering was quite large, and it was not crowded at this time. Zuo Lengchan is the leader of the alliance, the upper seat is the first, Lu Bai and Ding Mian stand solemnly on the left and right, Yue Buqun, Feng Buping and the heads and elders of the other four factions are also seated in the division, and the disciples stand behind.

When everyone sat down, there were Songshan disciples who sent Laba porridge to the heads and elders of each faction, Zuo Lengchan raised the porridge and stood up, with a smile on his face, "In the cold winter of Laba Moon, I also worked for all of you Wuyue Tianmen to wade through mountains and rivers, Zuo had no respect, so he had to talk about Laba porridge with a bowl of heart." This porridge is made with the secret recipe of my Songshan Mountain, accompanied by dozens of precious medicinal materials, for those of us who practice martial arts, it can replenish the essence and reconcile the five qi..."

Suddenly, the jade isozi beside the Tianmen below also raised the porridge and shouted: "Thank you for the love of the alliance master!" After speaking, he drank the hot medicinal porridge in the bowl.

When the other three factions saw this, if they didn't know that the Taishan faction was defeated by the Songshan faction when they competed for the leader of the Wuyue Alliance a few years ago, the two factions were quite suspicious, and almost all thought that Yuisozi was the nursery arranged by Zuo Lengchan.

But I didn't know that Zuo Lengchan was wantonly interrupted by Yu Isozi for the first time, and he was angry in his heart, but Yu Isozi's move was at most "eager", which was not too rude, and Zuo Lengchan was not easy to care, and was about to speak again, but he didn't want Yu Isozi to have drunk the medicinal porridge, and then rushed to say: "It's really good porridge! It's just that... The leader of the Zuo League summoned me to come to Songshan for a while this time, I'm afraid it's not just for this bowl of porridge, right?"