Chapter 158: Today I am in charge of the light
Guangming Peak is a lone mountain, with thousands of lonely peaks, even in the stretching and majestic Kunlun Mountain, it is also the most dazzling peak.
The main altar of Mingjiao is rooted here, and has been operating painstakingly for hundreds of years, exhausting manpower and material resources, relying on the dangerous topography of the mountain peaks, and setting up many barriers. Attacking from the outside to reach the top of the light can be said to be difficult to climb to the sky. Even if the congregants of the main altar want to enter and exit, they must have a special pass waist card to pass through the heavily guarded tunnel.
It can be said that as long as they hold a few dangerous tunnels, it will be impossible for the six factions to attack the top of the light. Therefore, Zhao Yucai was so sure that he would annihilate the coalition forces of the six factions on the left and right of Guangmingding, as long as the arrangement was appropriate, even if there were thousands of soldiers attacking in this steep mountain, he would end up hating.
The front of the bright top is a rock wall that is dozens of zhang high, smooth as a mirror, watered with water when it is cold in winter, it can form a thick ice scab, even if Zhao Yu is a gecko swimming wall skill of Jiuyang, it is extremely difficult to climb up. The real road is in an inconspicuous cave at the foot of the mountain, where there is a wide tunnel through the rock wall, usually guarded by about 200 people, and at the end of the tunnel there is a broken dragon stone weighing more than a thousand pounds, which can be put down in times of crisis to isolate the inside and outside, and can only be pulled up again through a noose that can be turned by hundreds of people inside.
The subsequent tunnels were similarly arranged, and with the strength of the six factions, if they wanted to storm it, the chances of success were slim. However, no matter how steep the fortress is, someone must guard and control it in order to be effective. Although there is an omission of the Heavenly Eagle Sect now, Zhao Yu originally thought that with nearly a thousand elites of the Five Elements Banner and the four gates of heaven and earth, wind and thunder under Yang Xiao's command, the bright top should be as stable as a rock, but he didn't expect such a steep and tight place to come and go freely!
Now most of the centaurs and the four disciples of the Five Elements Banner have left the Guangming Peak to search for the whereabouts of the captives, when Zhao Yu returned to the Guangming Peak, the dangerous peak here has been undefended, not to mention resisting the alliance of the six factions, I am afraid that a small team of a dozen people can drive straight in!
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu's brows furrowed deeply. Although he was extremely worried about Zhou Zhiruo's safety, he knew that before this change, his family could not afford to mess with itself.
After passing through several long tunnels, Zhao Yu soon came to the location of the Mingjiao General Altar halfway up the mountain. Only a handful of congregants walked around the huge square, and across the square was a high altar with a roaring flame that burned all year round. And under the altar of the holy fire, there is a person who kneels with his bare arms and carries a thorn, but it is Zhou Dian among the five scattered people. Behind Zhou Dian, there were five people standing in a row, the other four scattered people, and a middle-aged man with a thin figure who looked a little weird.
In the distance, Yang Xiao was standing, his face was pale, and his eyes were extremely gloomy when he looked at the six people.
Zhao Yu walked straight to the altar of the holy fire, and when those people saw him coming, their faces flashed with shame. And Yang Xiao sighed, arched his hand at Zhao Yu from afar, and then turned his back.
"What the hell happened? Where did the enemy sneak up? How many comrades did he have? Is it someone from the six factions or something else?" Zhao Yu walked over and said in a calm voice.
Hearing his question, Wusanren and Yang Xiao's faces became more and more embarrassed, while the thin middle-aged man just glanced at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he turned his face away with disdain.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhong took a step forward and said, "Yesterday, a few of us gathered together, preparing to come to the Guangming Peak to guard the main altar and meet the enemy with one heart......
"Hmph, it turns out that you are here to guard the main altar. That aggressive appearance, I still think that you five scattered people have already taken refuge in the six factions and want to be a vanguard!" Yang Xiao snorted coldly and said disdainfully.
Zhou Dian was originally kneeling under the holy fire, but after hearing Yang Xiao's words, he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Yang Xiao, you don't want to spew blood! Although we Wusan people swore that they would never go to the top of the light again, but the main altar was in trouble, but they took the overall situation as the priority and rushed to help. You old boy is aggressive, and you really treat Guangming Ding as your own private yard!"
Zhao Yu saw that these people did not agree with each other, and there was a tendency to fight, and he became more and more anxious in his heart, and shouted: "Enough! If you continue to make trouble like this, you will not succeed enough and lose more than anything!"
was scolded by young people who were far younger than themselves, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking, but because they were ashamed, they didn't say anything to refute it. Only the middle-aged man raised his hands behind his back and sneered, and said with compassion: "The Demon Lord is so majestic, he is really terrifying...... It's a pity, if you want to be arrogant in front of me, you still have a few years to go. β
Although Zhao Yu had never seen this middle-aged man, seeing that he could stand here, he guessed that he should be the Blue Winged Bat King Wei Yixiao. At the moment, he was eager to find out what was going on, so he only glanced at Wei Yi and ignored him, and turned to Zhang Zhong and said, "Daoist Zhang Zhong, you continue." β
Zhang Zhong continued: "It's all a clichΓ©, we met Yang Xiao and had a dispute again. Brother Dian was a little anxious, so he started with Yang Xiao first, and then had a scuffle. Not long after, Yang Xiao's men came down to report that someone had sneaked up to the top of the light......"
Yang Xiao said: "There should be only one person coming, and his martial arts are very skillful, and he quietly abducted Xiaofu and Bu'er, and then turned back to capture Miss Zhou, there was a fight and a noise, and my subordinates learned that when they rushed into Miss Zhou's residence, they had disappeared." Later, I thoroughly investigated the Bright Peak, and found no traces of anything unusual. β
Hearing Yang Xiao's words, Zhao Yu's face was gloomy as water, and he laughed angrily and said coldly: "In this way, the person who came came was under the noses of you masters several times, and you didn't even notice it, and you didn't even know who it was? With the Five Elements Banner and the Four Gates, how did he get to the top of the light?"
Yang Xiao's face became more and more sad, and he said astringently: "I failed your trust and let Miss Zhou be taken captive." Since you have returned to the top of the light, I will go down the mountain to look for it, and if you can't find anyone, I will give you my life!"
Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "The most important thing now is to track down the identity of the enemy and how to get to the top of the light." The territory of the Western Regions is vast, and you don't even know the identity of the enemy, so if you want to go to **?
The atmosphere calmed down again, and after a while, Leng Qian said, "Secret Dao." β
Zhao Yu looked at him suspiciously, but Leng Qian didn't speak, and Monk Peng explained: "There is a secret road at the top of the light that can go directly from the foot of the mountain to the location of the main altar here, if you don't want to alarm the guards in front of the mountain, you can only do it from this road......"
"Monk Peng, you fart! That secret path can only be entered by the sect leader, and outsiders don't even know that this secret path exists. If someone goes up the mountain through the secret path, could it be that the Yang Sect Master, who has been missing for many years, is joking with us?" Before Monk Peng finished speaking, Zhou Dian had already scolded.
Wei Yi smiled and said with compassion on the side: "I'm afraid it's not at all, you have forgotten the ...... back then."
Zhao Yu frowned and said, "What happened back then?"
The Budai monk couldn't say anything: "At the beginning of the disappearance of the Yang Sect Master, one of the guardians of this sect, the purple-shirted dragon king Dai Qisi, once stole into the secret path of the Bright Peak, and was seen by Fan Yao, the right envoy of the light, and everyone came to interrogate her, but she apostatized and fled, and has not been seen since. β
Zhao Yushang heard this secret for the first time, and after hearing the words, his heart moved, and he asked: "Dai Qisi? It doesn't seem to be the name of the Central Plains, how old is she and what does she look like?"
Yang Xiao sighed and said: "Yes, Dai Qisi is a Persian, born in a foreign country, she was known as the first beauty in martial arts back then, and she does have the appearance of captivating the country and the city." My good brother Fan Yao was infatuated with her, so he disappeared. β
Zhao Yu saw that everyone heard Yang Xiao's words, and they all rarely showed a look of recognition, which showed that Dai Qisi's beauty was recognized. He immediately thought of Granny Jinhua, this person's original appearance was quite consistent with Yang Xiao's description, and after a little hesitation, he asked again: "Is there a little maid in Yang Zuo's family missing?"
When Yang Xiao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Do you also know Xiao Zhao? Half a year ago, I took me down the mountain to play, and I saw that this little girl was dead, and when I saw her pitiful, I took her to the top of the light." This little girl was born ugly, and by chance I found out that she was dressed as Qiao, and I noticed her strangeness, and after many times of torturing her, I didn't say anything, so I handcuffed her with black iron shackles. After Xiaofu and the others disappeared, I was distracted and didn't pay attention to this girl, but later I found out that she had also disappeared with her. It's just that this girl's martial arts skills are mediocre and she doesn't have the skills to do this. β
When Zhao Yu heard Yang Xiao's words, he lowered his head and groaned. He was already sure that Granny Jinhua was the purple-shirted dragon king Dai Qisi who had apostated and disappeared, but he was still a little unsure whether she had stolen the top of light through the secret passage.
Although everyone said that only the sect leader and the purple-shirted dragon king in the sect had entered the secret passage, as long as a second person knew all the secrets in the world, they would no longer be considered secrets, and it was only a matter of time before they spread to the whole world.
Although he didn't know why the purple-shirted Dragon King had stolen into the secret passage back then, and now he sent a maid Xiao Zhao undercover in Guangmingding, but this matter should not have much to do with him, and the purple-shirted Dragon King had no reason to kidnap Zhou Zhiruo, so as to make himself a strong enemy. Moreover, according to the calculation of time, she captured Wei Bi and Zhu Jiuzhen not long ago, and she should concentrate on extorting confessions to inquire about the whereabouts of Xie Xun and the Dragon Slayer Knife, and she did not have spare time to rush to Guangming to make trouble.
But if it's not the purple-shirted dragon king, who is it?
Zhao Yu suddenly remembered that the Shaolin monk Yuanzhen, this person had told the two elders of the deer and crane outside the camp of the Ruyang Royal Mansion that he was completely sure that he could steal the top of the light, Zhao Yu was still wondering how he could be so sure, if he also knew the secret path of the top of the light, it would not be surprising to have such confidence. And this person's martial arts are very strong, and he is also in line with the conditions to be able to do this.
However, there are still many things that cannot be figured out in this conjecture, first of all, how could Yuanzhen, a Shaolin monk, know the secret path of the Bright Peak? Second, even if he sneaked up to the Bright Peak, there was enough reason to kidnap Ji Xiaofu's mother and daughter and Zhou Zhiruo, why did he kidnap an insignificant little maid? Such a superfluous move only increased the burden.
Puzzled, Zhao Yu asked again: "Didn't you go to the secret passage to search and see if there were any clues left?"
Wei Yixiao suddenly sneered, and said: "Only the sect leader of this sect can enter the secret path, and those who trespass in this sect will die! This is an iron rule that is not easy for a thousand years, don't say that Yang Xiao's wife and daughter are missing, even if his own mother and son are taken captive, they are not allowed to enter the secret path to check!"
This time, Yang Xiao also sighed and kept silent, obviously because of the canons, he was helpless.
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Now that someone has stolen the main altar of the Bright Peak through the secret passage and threatened the heart of this sect, what old rules do you still have to adhere to! Only the sect leader can enter, right? Hmph, today I will be the head of the Ming Sect, which one is against it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned! )