"Yes!Master!I am a strong man!I am Dongfang Undefeated!"|Dongfang Bai replied, but he still couldn't stop his tears.

Dugu Qiuqiu looked at Dongfang Bai, who looked firm, but couldn't stop crying, and sighed.

After a long time, Dugu asked for defeat and said: "Although being a teacher can instill your life in you and make you become a great increase in internal strength in a short period of time, it will also leave drawbacks." Therefore, the teacher did not do this, but washed the marrow of the I Ching for you and made you reborn. And the route of the internal force is the set of exercises created for the teacher. Although this set of exercises is not perfect, it is also a practice that combines the advantages of many supreme martial arts. After speaking, Dugu took out a booklet and handed it to Dongfang Bai.

"The teacher did not teach you the swordsmanship, because the swordsmanship was created by the ancestors, not the teacher. Back then, because in order to win the "Sunflower Treasure Book", the Ten Elders of the Divine Sect and the Wuyue Sword Sect fought a decisive battle against Huashan Siguo Cliff, and then their whereabouts were unknown. He went to Huashan to explore unsuccessfully, but he met a talented swordsmanship genius boy, and passed on the ancestor's swordsmanship to the boy for his teacher. First, I can't bear to lose the ancestor's swordsmanship. Second, he was afraid that someone in the Divine Sect would practice the "Sunflower Treasure Book", and from then on, there would be no one in the martial arts to balance and set off a catastrophe. ”

Hearing this, Dongfang Bai was immediately puzzled, Dugu was a member of the Moon God Sect, why was he afraid that someone from the Moon God Sect would practice the "Sunflower Treasure Book"?

Seeing this, Dugu asked rhetorically: "Do you know why the imperial court explicitly forbade the 'Left Dao', but it did not mobilize the people to send troops to encircle and suppress the Moon God Sect?"

"I don't know. "When Dongfang Bai joined the church, it was still short after all.

Dugu Qiu sighed and said, "Since the imperial court ordered the ban on the 'White Lotus Sect' and the 'Ming Sect', many uprisings have broken out among the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Sect who are dissatisfied with the imperial court. There are those who choose to resist, and of course there are those who choose to submit, and the Moon God Sect is a collection of the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Sect that returned to the imperial court. ”

It turned out that since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Sect were strictly prohibited, and there were many armed riots of the White Lotus Sect in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Lu and other places, and some of them were even called emperors, all of which were suppressed.

But where there are people, there is strife, and there are factions of religion with different beliefs.

Mingjiao was originally a foreign sect, which evolved from the Eastern Manichaeism of the Tang Dynasty. The development of Manichaeism was a mixture of Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and other elements. The White Lotus is the most complex and mysterious religion in China's native history, originating from a branch of Buddhism in the Southern Song Dynasty and worshipping Maitreya Buddha.

However, the two religions have a very similar characteristic, and it is because of this characteristic that the two religions can gain a firm foothold in China, where Buddhism and Taoism are prevalent. That is the name of the pseudo-Buddha and Taoist religions, absorbing and integrating the teachings of other religions. In the end, the two religions absorbed and merged with each other, and the teachings of the two religions became extremely similar and the relationship was extremely close. There are even sect members who are both White Lotus and Ming sectists.

The two religions have two surnames, that is, the surnames that alternate between rebellion and goodness, so they also play two social functions. In the quiet years, as a supplement to the orthodox religions of Buddhism and Taoism, the two religions played a role in the lower class of society that the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism could not play. Whenever natural disasters [***] followed or social unrest, the two religions would contradict Buddhism and Taoism, and often became the fighting banner of peasant uprisings or peasant uprisings, which is also the characteristic of the two religions that is different from the orthodox religions.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus sect had a lineage of submission to the imperial court and cooperated politically with the Yuan rulers, thus being recognized and rewarded by the imperial court. But there was also a vein that was in line with the popular movement at the lower levels, and embarked on the road of rebellion against the Yuan regime.

After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself the "King of the Ming Dynasty" and ascended the throne as emperor, he immediately promulgated a ban on the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Sect. Some members of the church chose to rebel with an armed riot, and some members felt that they should go with the sky, recognized the Ming Dynasty, and chose to submit to obedience.

And Zhu Yuanzhang consciously killed too much, he was born in Mingjiao, he not only understood the terrible appeal of religion, but also understood the tenacious vitality of religion, he could kill 40,000 people in order to eliminate Hu and Lan's party. But he knew that killing and repression alone could not wipe out a religion. It is to ruthlessly suppress those who resist, and to appease those who are willing to submit.

The Moon God Cult was born in this way, and in order to avoid the name of the country, it was changed to the moon. In the beginning, the doctrine was to teach people to do good.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a good heart at the beginning, and never gave the Yue Yue Divine Sect a correct name, but instead used the Yue Yue Divine Sect as a gunman, not only using its common surname to suppress the rebellious White Lotus Sect and Ming Sect members. even provoked the struggle between the Moon God Sect and the Jianghu Martial Arts to wear down the martial arts forces. And his successor, Zhu Di, also implemented this policy.

The Moon God Sect knows it, but it has no choice in order to survive, whether it is the White Lotus Sect, the Ming Sect or the Moon God Sect, it is not in harmony with the martial arts righteous path. Obeying the orders of the imperial court can still maneuver from it, if you resist, you will be suppressed by the joint efforts of the imperial court and martial arts, and there is no chance of victory. However, the Moon God Cult also tried its best to avoid a head-on conflict with the two Taishan Beidou of Shaolin Wudang, and chose to perfunctory the court by settling grudges rather than grudges. stole Shaolin's "Diamond Sutra", and stole the real martial sword used by Zhang Sanfeng, the treasure of the Wudang Town School, together with a "Taijiquan Sutra" written by Zhang Sanfeng, but only stole things and did not kill anyone.

The Shaolin Wudang faction stood tall and saw far, and they had a tacit understanding that they did not start a war with the Moon God Sect, but became more and more low-key. And the sects of Emei Kunlun directly chose to close the mountain and not come out.

The so-called persimmon has to be picked up softly, and if you want to kill the Moon God Sect, you can only pick some weak sects, and a single sect in the Wuyue Sword Sect is no match for the Moon God Sect, and finally chose to form an alliance, and the Wuyue Sword Sect is the product of that period.

Bloody conflicts together, the grudges between the two sides are getting deeper and deeper, and blood debts can only be tasted in blood.

The Wuyue Sword Sect is different from the alliance between the Jianghu sects in the future, it is more like an outlier. It is a new species in the society of rivers and lakes, equivalent to the NATO alliance of later generations, based on its feet, looking to the future, and is a military bloc organization with an international vision.

The Wuyue Sword Sect is an undesirable new species because it is too aggressive and will upset the balance of the rivers and lakes. The expansion of this alliance of the Wuyue Sword Sect is based on the sect, and it can merge not only the five factions, but also the ten and fifty factions later.

This is like in the court, there are contradictions and disputes between the competent ministers, but in the end they evolve into political struggles for personal gain.

The Moon God Sect was hostile to it, and Shaolin Wudang also felt threatened. The imperial court is happy to watch the internal fighting of the martial arts in the rivers and lakes, and the Shaolin Wudang can't bear it, so the imperial court will add fuel to the fire, first, the Wuyue Sword Sect can fight with the Moon God Sect, and second, it can threaten the Shaolin Wudang and contain each other.

This is the emperor's mental technique to separate the forces of martial arts. It can be said that the martial arts pattern of today's rivers and lakes comes from the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, who served as emperors.

However, since the death of Zhu Di and the generation at the beginning of the founding of the Moon God Sect, the imperial court's control over the Moon God Sect has become more and more weak, and the Moon God Sect and the righteous path have red eyes, and they don't need the imperial court to exert pressure, so they will fight with the righteous path more and more. By now, the Moon God Cult is no longer subordinate to the imperial court.

"The Moon God Sect and the Wuyue Sword Sect, no matter who destroys whom, will set off an even greater martial arts catastrophe. Shenjiao Sheng must fight Shaolin Wudang head-on. The Wuyue Sword faction wins, and Shaolin Wudang will not let it become bigger. And on top of that, there was also a court. "Dugu seeks defeat.

Knowing these secrets, Dongfang Bai, who was sixteen years old, couldn't help but be a little confused.

"But none of this has anything to do with you, you just need to become a strong man, inherit my mantle, and perfect my exercises, I hope that one day, you can perfect this set of exercises and defeat the inheritors of the ancestors' sword techniques. In this way, there is no regret for the death of the teacher!" Dugu begged for defeat.

Dongfang Bai replied: "Master, the apprentice will definitely perfect this set of exercises." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Dugu's mouth, who was as cold as a 10,000-year-old iceberg, hooked shallowly, and then motionless like a clay man, but he lost his breath.

"Master..." Dongfang Bai knelt on the ground and shouted sadly.

Dugu sought defeat in the Moon God Sect, but his funeral was very simple.

But the people who came to worship were all high-ranking figures in the Moon God Cult. The head of the sect and her wife, Xue Xin, all came in person, and the messengers of the light, various hall masters, and elders were also present.

Tong Baixiong stepped forward and comforted: "Brother Dongfang, the festival mourns and changes. ”

"Are you the disciple of Dugu's predecessor, Brother Dongfang?" At this time, the head of the Moon God Sect, I Xing, stepped forward to look at Dongfang Bai and asked, but it was the first time he had seen Dongfang Bai, and he never thought that she was so young.

Let me go is very tall, with black hair, a black robe, a long face, a snow-white face, and no blood, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, not angry but mighty. It's just that his face is so white and terrifying, and after years of retreat and practice, he looks like a zombie that has just come out of the grave.

Dongfang Bai saluted: "Participate in the sect leader." ”

"Brother Dongfang is exempt from courtesy, can Dugu's predecessor have his last words when he is dying?"

Dongfang Bai said: "The master used his life's work to wash the marrow of the I Ching for me, pass on my exercises, and let me perfect this set of exercises." Saying that, thinking of this, Dongfang Bai looked sentimental again.

Hearing this, Ren Wuxing's eyes flashed, but it was fleeting, and he smiled slightly: "Dugu's predecessor can pass the mantle to the Dongfang brothers when he is dying, which can be regarded as a lifelong wish, and the Dongfang brothers should fulfill the last words of Dugu's predecessors." Then he patted Dongfang Bai on the shoulder. Turning to the hall masters and elders, he said, "From now on, Brother Dongfang is the deputy hall master of the Wind and Thunder Hall. ”

Except for Tong Baixiong, the hall masters and elders immediately whispered, after all, Dongfang Bai was too young.

"Hmph... Don't you all listen to the words of this sect master?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately said that they didn't dare.

Dongfang Bai hurriedly said: "Sect Master, when I joined the sect, I was short, my qualifications were still shallow, and I was young, I'm afraid it is..."

"Huh... Brother Dongfang, the leader of this sect let you be you. Let me do it.

Dongfang Bai can jump so many levels in a row and be promoted to the deputy hall master, Tong Baixiong is also happy for him, and said: "Brother Dongfang, don't hurry up and thank the sect master." ”

Helpless, Dongfang Bai said: "Thank you for the promotion of the sect leader, my subordinates must be dedicated to their hearts and souls and live up to the trust of the sect leader." ”

The hall masters and elders also stepped forward to congratulate, because everyone knew that since she valued Dongfang Bai, she would not stop at the position of deputy hall master.

But there are also old people in the sect who are dissatisfied, they are dissatisfied with letting our own line of work and go it alone, and promote such a young Dongfang Bai to break the rules, you must know that many of them have relied on years of hard work to sit in today's high position step by step. But since they are left to their own devices, then they are waiting to see the jokes, how can Dongfang Bai, who has no foundation, no connections and no qualifications, serve the public?

At this time, a young child's voice like a yellow warbler beating hooves sounded: "Uncle Dongfang, you are so good-looking, better than Uncle Qu." ”

Everyone looked at it, but it was a little girl, the little girl had fair skin, immature facial features, but a pair of big watery eyes. She is Ren Yingying, the daughter of Ren Yingying.

Hearing this, Dongfang Bai was stunned for a moment, looked at Ren Yingying, and reminded her of her sister.