Chapter Eighty-Five: A Journey of Disappointment
Two days later, the cloud was completely restored, and the skills have improved a lot. As soon as the three of them were combined, there was no point in staying any longer, so they set off for the White Head Peak where the Taisho Sword was located.
In fact, Yun didn't have much hope of finding Fang Zhongtian. The old guy gave Fang Zhongtian's information too vaguely, and later found the information of the four people through the news building to find it, although the process was a little twisty and twisty, but the first three have been successfully found, but they have all been proven to be just duplicate names. This fourth person has been missing for many years, and he only showed up by chance, and now he is even more unknown whether he is alive or dead, and he only travels thousands of miles to Baitou Peak in line with the idea of having a beginning and an end in doing things.
As the highest peak in the Changbai Mountains, Baitou Peak is covered with ice and snow for nearly ten months a year, and the weather is even more unpredictable. And the Taisho Sword Sect is said to have been inherited in this bitter cold land for hundreds of years.
Although Changqing is only going down the mountain for the second time, he has a lot of treasures for the sects on the rivers and lakes. It turned out that his life in Longhu Mountain was very boring, and sometimes he went to the library to read books when he had nothing to do. The library of Longhu Mountain is not ordinarily rich, ranging from rare ancient books to folk biographies. The door is collected and updated every year to register the major events that occur on the rivers and lakes.
Lao Dao has had a great dream of being the leader of the martial arts alliance since he was a child, so he has some understanding of the history and current situation of each sect, so as to facilitate the management of the alliance leader in the future. It's a pity that people are old and ambitious.
According to him, the Taisho Sword Sect has a long history, but there have not been a few talented people except for the patriarch of the sect, so it has been going downhill, and it was almost wiped out more than ten years ago. Judging from the information collected by the sect back then, it seems that a certain disciple of the Taisho Sword who did not know whether he was alive or dead seduced the woman that the young sect master of the Earth Dragon Sect liked.
This kind of secret news has been recorded, which makes Yun Yun can't help but sigh at the efficiency of the intelligence department of Longhu Mountain, and even gave birth to the idea of begging Lao Dao to go back to find Fang Zhongtian's clues for him. But when he saw Lao Dao's expression as if he had seen a ghost when he mentioned Longhu Mountain, he had to give up. Everyone finally gets along well, and we can't send sheep into the tiger's mouth!
The momentum of Paektu Peak is still the same, majestic and magnificent. However, the mountain gate of the Taisho Sword seems to be much dilapidated, and there are traces of cracks and moss in many places. There wasn't even a disciple guarding the door.
"What should I do? Just go up like this?" Yun Yun had never had experience in worshipping mountains, and was a little confused at this time.
"Cut!" Lao Dao said disdainfully: "You young people don't understand the rules at all, since you are not here to fight, you have to worship the mountain according to the rules of the rivers and lakes." Although we are all delicate and expensive, it seems that we are too domineering to go up without notification. Remember to walk the rivers and lakes to be restrained and low-key!"
"That's not right!" Xiaoxiao immediately came over to dismantle the stage: "Didn't the Dao Master tell us last time that walking the rivers and lakes is the most imposing, and we must be high-profile, and try to be a soldier who surrenders without a fight?"
Lao Dao rolled his eyes: "Can you still have a pleasant chat!" Look at me." So the luck dantian roared: "Dragon Tiger Mountain Evergreen come to worship the mountain!"
Yun He Xiao shrank his neck, the internal force of the old Tao was really profound! This shout shook the snow on the mountain gate and fell straight down, and it was enough for half a column of incense to echo in the mountain.
Lao Dao clapped his hands with satisfaction: "See, if you are polite, you must report it first, you must be low-key, low-key!"
"Well, it's quite low-key!" Xiao Xiao dug out his ears and muttered: "I hope that the house of Dazheng Sword can be stronger than this mountain gate, so as not to be shaken down!"
After a while, more than 20 people rushed down from the mountain. The leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who gave a deep salute when he saw Changqing far away, and was nervous and excited to stutter a little: "Junior Liang Kuan welcomes the arrival of the seniors! The visit of the seniors makes my Dazheng Sword shine and I am flattered!"
Lao Dao nodded: "Are you in charge now?"
A trace of gloom flashed on Liang Kuan's face: "The family teacher was already immortal half a year ago. ”
"Oh, that's fine. The purpose of our trip is just to find someone, and it's the same for you. ”
"Seniors, please!"
The group followed Liang Kuan into the mountain gate and came to the main hall through a steep mountain road. Although the main hall is still a little old, it is clean. After the guest and host sat down, Liang Kuan wanted to say a few kind words, but was interrupted by Lao Dao's wave of his hand: "Master Liang, Poor Dao will not be polite to you if he is straightforward! The purpose of our visit to Dazheng Sword this time is to find out the news of Fang Zhongtian. It is reported that this person is from your Taizheng Sword, I wonder if there is any contact now?"
Liang Kuan was stunned, and thought for a while before saying, "If you go back to your predecessors, Senior Uncle Fang is indeed from our Dazheng Sword. Shizu accepted six disciples that year, my master Dong Qiang was the eldest, and Uncle Fang was the youngest. Master has said more than once that the six disciples are the most talented and intelligent, and the master has always cultivated him as a successor. But he suddenly left Paektu Peak in his twenties and disappeared, and I was too young to remember him at that time. However, more than ten years ago, the door was suddenly in a catastrophe and was invincible, and suddenly one person killed more than a dozen masters of the enemy and then drifted away, and there was no communication with us. Although there has been a difference in appearance after a few decades, the master and the uncles can still vaguely distinguish that person is Uncle Fang, and the swordsmanship he uses is also the signature move of our Taizheng Sword, but he has not appeared since then. ”
After speaking, an old man who looked at the next one asked, "Third Senior Uncle, I heard that you had the best relationship with Senior Uncle Fang back then, do you have any clues?"
The old man hurriedly got up and saluted Changqing: "Zhongtian started at the age of seven, and I took care of him when he was a child. He has shown an extremely high cultivation talent since he was a child, and by the time he was twenty years old, his skills had far surpassed those of our five senior brothers. Therefore, the master has always wanted to pass on the position of head to Zhongtian, and also hoped that my Taizheng Sword could be carried forward under his leadership. But Zhongtian has been very ambitious since he was a child, and he once told me privately that he didn't want the sect to restrict his development, and when he had the ability, he wanted to go to a broader world to do something vigorous. ”
"Sure enough, when he was twenty-one years old, he left a letter and disappeared, but I believe that he definitely has feelings for the sect, so he helped the sect when it was in danger. As for not contacting the sect all these years, there is also a bitterness. Unbeknownst to everyone, I met him on a trip in the fifth year of his disappearance, when we Han Chinese were at war with the Mongols. According to him, he joined the Ming Sect and was working under a big man. The reason why he did not return to the sect was because his ambition had not been realized and he should work hard, and second, at that time, Mingjiao was the main force against Meng Yuan, and the battle had been anxious, and Mingjiao was at a disadvantage, and the result was unpredictable. Moreover, the intrigue within the sect is wary of each other's calculations, and various small groups suppress each other, and he is afraid of bringing unnecessary trouble to the sect. As for the outcome in the future, the Ming Sect has been divided, and it is unknown why he has not returned. No one has seen him over the years, except for the last time he took the initiative, and there is no way to contact him. ”
Speaking of which, Yun Yun knew that Jiangbei's trip to find Fang Zhongtian this time was a complete failure. Although I have regrets in my heart, I think of how difficult it is to find a person by just one name in the vast sea of people, maybe fate has not arrived.
Seeing Yunyun's gloomy expression, Lao Dao refused the hospitality of the Taizheng Sword and left with the two. On the way, Yun Yun asked a little reluctantly: "Why don't we find Mingjiao to inquire about the news!"
Lao Dao sneered: "You go by yourself! Dao Ye won't go crazy with you!"
Xiao Xiao asked suspiciously: "Why is the second master of Longhu Mountain, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, so jealous of Mingjiao?"
"What do you children know!" Lao Dao rolled his eyes: "Do you think that Mingjiao is just an ordinary sect of rivers and lakes? The proper name of Mingjiao should actually be called Manichaeism, which originated in Persia. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, it was introduced to Middle-earth and believed in the god of light. The doctrine is to uphold light, goodness, order, purity, and peace. ”
"The previous generation of the master of the Ming Sect was Han Shantong, who led the rebel army against the rule of the Meng Yuan, because his subordinates were wrapped in red scarves, so they were also called the Red Turban Army. Later, he was captured and killed, and his son Han Lin'er succeeded him and was called King Xiao Ming. ”
At that time, Emperor Taizu, Guo Zixing, Zhang Shicheng, Xu Da and others were all his subordinates, and the main generals in the righteous army were also from Mingjiao. But just when the great cause of resisting the Yuan was about to be completed, Han Lin'er, who was the master of the Ming Sect, died mysteriously. And Emperor Taizu, who was not a heavyweight of Mingjiao, inherited his righteous army and finally won the victory. Because he was born in Mingjiao, Emperor Taizu named the country Ming, but Mingjiao did not recognize him as the master of Mingjiao, and some people even suspected that the death of King Xiao Ming was related to him. Moreover, there are many people in the Ming Sect who are above him, and those people are not willing to let Emperor Taizu enjoy the fruits of victory in the world, so they are against him in everything. But it was impossible for Taizu to give up the world in his hands, so after the founding of the People's Republic of China, several major purges were launched, and the people in Mingjiao fled to death, and now they exist in name only. ”
"But the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, although it is divided, but Mingjiao still has a lot of power in some places. Moreover, the wealth accumulated by Mingjiao over the years is innumerable, and it did not fall into the hands of Taizu at that time. Some people suspect that there is a big treasure in Mingjiao for other use, and over the years, I have heard that many of the high-ranking members of Mingjiao were not dead, and they have appeared to secretly re-establish the main altar somewhere, ready to compete for world dominance at any time. The imperial court was also very nervous about this. ”
"At this time, there are only two results for visiting Mingjiao, either we are discovered by the imperial court and suspected that we are involved in Mingjiao and killed! or we are misunderstood by Mingjiao and suspect that we are spies of the imperial court, and we are killed!
Seeing that the old way was decisive, although Yun Yun was unwilling, he had to give up. Now that the matter has come to an end, Yun Yun is not ready to continue to wander in Jiangbei so as not to regenerate branches. And it's been a few days since I came out, and I really miss my brothers in my heart, Lao Dao and Xiaoxiao are both masters wherever they go, so the three of them went back to Jiangdu together.