The four of them met and saluted each other.

Wan Chengjiu asked, "I don't know why Brother Yanming said this?"

Yanming said with a smile: "Brother Tan and I met at the bottom of the mountain, and when the hour was approaching, we made a bet with each other to see who would reach the top of the mountain first." Looks like I'm the first to get there. ”

Ou Peng said with a smile: "Brother Tan's strength is not in light skills, you can compare with him in a while." ”

Yanming Jushi waved his hand and said, "I know this, and I can't do it better than him, but today I only talk about wine and sword, and the Ou gang master is disappointed." ”

Tan Yefeng also spoke: "In this bet, it is Brother Yanming who has the upper hand, and I will do three bowls first." ”

Ou Peng and Wan Chengjiu daxiao said: "Brother Tan is refreshing, come, Brother Yanming, Brother Tan here, please." ”

When everyone came to the tree, they saw the stone ox standing there like an iron tower, and asked curiously, "Who is this benevolent brother?"

Ou Peng introduced: "This is Shi Niu, a disciple of my Ethereal Sect. Shi Niu, come to Yanming Jushi, the head of the Tan family. ”

The stone ox came over to greet each other.

Everyone was amazed, and said that the Ethereal Sect was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and Ou Peng also modestly denied it.

Then, Ou Peng asked Shi Niu to guard the intersection of the mountain to prevent idle people from waiting to reach the top of the mountain.

Everyone sat down, Tan Yefeng first picked up a jar of wine from the ground, poured it into a porcelain bowl, and said to Yanming Jushi: "Look at it, I'll drink it first." ”

Then, he brought the bowl to his mouth, drank it all in one goo, and then drank another bowl, and when he drank the third bowl, Ou Peng said, "Brother Tan, let's also accompany you." After speaking, he also poured a bowl by himself, Yanming Jushi and Wan Chengjiu also said in unison, each poured a bowl, everyone took the bowl and touched it, they all drank it all, and then put the porcelain bowl on the ground.

Tan Yefeng spoke first: "Brother Ou thought carefully, I came in a hurry, I didn't see the time early, and I had already left the matter of wine and food behind, presumably Brother Yanming followed the general idea, right?"

Yanming said embarrassedly: "Yes, I didn't expect that there are so many people in Longshen Temple, and arranging family members is a waste of time, but Zuihou has delayed his own affairs." ”

Wan Jiucheng hahadaxiao said: "I didn't waste time, but I also forgot these details, but there is Ou Da Gang Master to think about us, some wine is good, why say so much." ”

Ou Peng also said: "What Brother Wan said is very true, if someone prepares, why bother who it is? ”

And everybody laughed, and made another bowl.

Tan Yefeng spoke first: "Everyone, although there are few tourists in this Wutong Mountain, it is not nothing, and letting Shi Niu guard this intersection is also a temporary measure, I think we should get back to the point, discuss things earlier, and get down to business, how about we talk about wine and talk about it again?"

Yanming also said, "That's what I mean. ”

Ou Peng said, "Then let's determine the time for the next time we enter the secret land?"

Wan Chengjiu also nodded yes.

Tan Yefeng said: "But according to the booklet, you can only enter on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year." ”

"Brother Tan, please rest assured, according to my speculation, there are only two reasons why the pamphlet says that only the fifteenth day of the first lunar month can enter. The first is the formation composed of the sour jujube trees outside this dense place, and only a passage can appear on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year to allow people to enter, and the second is that only the sunlight on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month can correctly indicate the location of entry. Before the last time he entered, the younger brother had already made a mark on the two jujube trees of the population, and the location of this entrance should not be difficult to find. And the formations in this rivers and lakes have not heard of those that can change with time, besides, there are so many days in a year, and only a specific day formation can be passed, this is too unbelievable. Brother Wan, Brother Ou, your gang has been inherited for a long time, and you have encountered a lot of things in the rivers and lakes, have you ever encountered this kind of thing?"

Wan Chengjiu and Ou Peng glanced at each other and shook their heads, but Ou Peng said: "Although we haven't encountered it, and the classics in the faction have not recorded it, the formation is indeed lost in the rivers and lakes, and we can't be sure that this formation doesn't have a time limit for this function." ”

The four of them were silent, after all, no one had any attainments in the formation, and there were no such talents in the gang, and even the entire rivers and lakes may not have such people, how to let them decide?

Tan Yefeng said: "Then there are only two ways to plan now, one is for us to patiently wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year and then organize people to enter, and the other is to find a time to send a few people to explore the road and see if we can get in." What do you think?"

Wan Chengjiu said: "The matter of taking the treasure in the secret land, the stakes are very important, there can be no slightest difference, last time we secretly sent the second generation of disciples to go, although there was no leakage of the news in advance, but there is no guarantee that other gangs have not gotten the news now, in order to keep it secret, I suggest that in the absence of foolproof, you can't try it easily, otherwise, if the wind leaks, this secret place is not the secret land of our four factions, but the secret land of the entire rivers and lakes." ”

Ou Peng also agreed: "There are no secrets in the rivers and lakes, perhaps, our meeting on Wutong Mountain has fallen into the eyes of people with hearts, and there must have been people secretly staring at us on this mountain." ”

But the monk said, "Could it be that we are waiting for a year in vain?"

Ou Peng said with a smile: "Brother Yanming, you don't know how expensive salt and rice are not at home, our gang acts in the rivers and lakes, it is not as good as your family, our gang is complex, it is inevitable that it will be mixed, it is difficult to do anything to really keep secret, we have to be careful and careful." ”

Wan Chengjiu also nodded yes.

Yanming still didn't give up, and said, "Since you mean so, then the little brother himself is going to find a time to explore the secret place again, what do you think?"

Wan Chengjiu and Ou Peng frowned at the same time. Only Tan Yefeng was expressionless, as if he had known that Yanming would have such thoughts.

When Ou Peng saw Tan Yefeng's expression, he asked, "What does Brother Tan mean?"

Tan Yefeng coughed and said, "Actually, I already had this intention, and I want to go to the secret place before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year." If Brother Yanming doesn't mention it, I will also propose it to you. ”

Wan Chengjiu bowed his head and was silent, as if he was thinking.

Ou Peng opened his mouth and said, "Before deciding whether to go to the jungle, I have a proposal, discuss it with you, and see if it is feasible?"

Everyone looked at Ou Peng strangely, waiting for him to speak.

Ou Peng said: "I suggest that we form an alliance and advance and retreat together in the secret treasure hunt. ”

Yanming Jushi shook his head and said, "Our mountain villa can't form an alliance with your ethereal faction and Wanjian Peak, the affairs of the rivers and lakes you participate in are too complicated, and there are often gang bloody battles, and the alliance is not conducive to the development of our mountain villa." ”

Tan Yefeng also said yes again and again.

Ou Peng said confidently: "The two of you have some misunderstanding, the alliance I am talking about is a little different from the alliance I usually say. One is not an alliance of gangs, and there is no need to participate in the affairs of the rivers and lakes between each other; second, this alliance is simply an alliance of the four of us, although the four of us cannot form a brotherhood and share weal and woe, but in terms of secret land, we can form an alliance to advance and retreat together, and enjoy happiness together; third, this alliance is limited to the secret land, and other aspects are not involved. What do you think?"

Wan Chengjiu said with joy on his face: "The Ou Da gang leader really has a splendid chest, this idea is good, so let's do it." ”

Yanming Jushi and Tan Yefeng also smiled and said yes.

So, Ou Peng poured a porcelain bowl of wine, cut his fingers with a sword, and dripped blood into the wine, and the other three did the same, Ou Peng caught the porcelain bowl, shook it slightly, and took a few sips, and then handed it to Wan Chengjiu, Wan Chengjiu still drank it, and then Tan Yefeng and Yanming Jushi, both drank blood wine.

Yanming smashed the porcelain bowl, and everyone laughed and said: "Form an alliance!"

Everyone drank a bowl of wine together, and then Ou Peng spoke: "Since Brother Yanming and Brother Tan insist on going, Brother Wan and I will naturally advance and retreat with you, so let's do it, at the end of this month, we still send disciples to the location of the last time, or how about Brother Yanming lead the way?"

Yanming said, "No problem, this is incumbent, but this time, do you want to send family members to each other?"

Ou Peng, Wan Chengjiu and Tan Yefeng looked at each other, Ou Peng said: "Last time was our first time cooperating, and we were not very relieved of each other, but now that we have formed an alliance, we are naturally relieved, I don't think there is any need." ”

Wan Chengjiu and Tan Yefeng also agreed.

At this time, Shi Niu walked over quickly and said, "Helper, there are a few tourists down the mountain road who have come up the mountain road, do you want to stop them?"

Ou Peng waved his hand and said: "This Wutong Mountain is not our own home, of course we can't help but let others come, and you don't have to go over to guard it, just wait here." ”

After speaking, the four of them poured wine, drank and ate, and talked about the strange things in the rivers and lakes, which was a casual and elegant appearance.

After a while, sure enough, a few people came to the top of the mountain, it seems that they are really wandering tourists, visit the top of the mountain for a while, see someone drinking and chatting in this picturesque place, feel disdainful, and go down the mountain without staying long.

Wan Chengjiu asked Ou Peng: "Could it be that we are suspicious?"

Ou Peng smiled: "These are not, but it can't be said that there is no one under the mountain, these people know that we are all mixed up in the rivers and lakes, and our eyes are bright, how can we come up so easily?"

Ou Peng suddenly remembered something, and asked Wan Chengjiu: "The news of the secret land must be kept secret, and there can be no slackness, where is Situ Ping of the Evil Tiger Gang now?"

Wan Chengjiu smiled, took a sip of wine and said: "Brother Ou, don't worry, although my brother is not as careful as you, I still know this thing, Situ Gang Master, since the last time I returned to Wanjian Peak with the apprentice, I have not left, I have ordered me to send an elder to accept her as an apprentice, and I have also sent a few capable men to Luzhen, this Situ Gang Master will not be the Situ Gang Master immediately, but my Situ Ping of Wanjian Peak." ”