The Baidao sect in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, headed by the "Seven Great Sects", in this cabinet, since the same, and the "Seven Great Sects" are divided into three departments, "Shaolin", "Putuo" and "Huashan" are the first to be the first, "Wudang", "Kongtong" are the first, "Emei" and "Tangmen" are the third party.

Among these three systems, since the "Shaolin faction" headed by the largest number of people, the strength is also the strongest, the so-called "world martial arts out of Shaolin", many sects on the rivers and lakes and the "Shaolin faction" are more or less related, and the prestige of the "Putuo" and "Huashan" factions is not weak, in the Tingtao Pavilion, gathered in the east of Yuanguang and other three people are located in the east of the sect, there are at least more than 20 families.

The "Wudang" and "Kongtong" in the west, as well as the "Tangmen" and "Emei" in the north, seem to be about the same strength.

"Wudang faction" is known as "the world's Taoist sect", and has received a lot of support from the imperial court, and its reputation is not under "Shaolin", most of the Taoist sects are in their line, and Hua Bushi and others took the "Baili" to come to the "Shangqing faction" of the Zhengde Taoist, at this moment sitting on a table next to the real person of Wudang Treasure Realm, obviously has also joined them**.

In the "Tang Gate" and "Emei"**, most of them are the sects of the Sichuan and Yunnan realms in the southwest region, although their number is relatively small, but there are "Qingcheng", "Diancang" and other sects, all of which are famous sects that have been inherited in the martial arts for hundreds of years, and their strength should not be underestimated.

It is no coincidence that these Shili sects have formed alliances with each other on the "Isle of Vanai", and most of them have been in contact with each other in the past. The so-called "spotted leopard", just by seeing the position of many sects in this Tingtao Pavilion, you can already understand the general situation of the distribution of Baidao shili in the two regions and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

In this pavilion, of course, there is also the fourth shili, which is the six scattered schools of Nangong Qi, Hua Bushi and others. If they are in one city and one place, their sects are not small, but there are dozens of the largest sects in the Ming Dynasty gathered here, and they seem to be a little insufficient in comparison.

It was the shili on their side, and it was really difficult to compare with the other three parties, and the position where they were sitting was also squeezed into the southwest corner next to the pavilion door. The thing in this world is really to rely on strength to eat, if the strength is not enough, even if you eat a meal, you will inevitably be excluded by others.

But fortunately, there is wine and food on every table in Tingtao Pavilion, and although the location is not good, it will not be overfilled.

Wine and food have been placed on the tables, and many people are already eating and drinking, but the feast has not officially begun. Because the owner of this island, the owner of the land gate of "Wanyi Gate", has not yet appeared.

Until it was dark, and it was time to go.

A row of silk and bamboo musicians who were originally playing at the door of the Tao Pavilion suddenly stopped playing, and when Hua Bushi turned his head to look, he saw Lu Qiuhong walking in from outside the door, and there were three tall, short, fat and thin old men behind him, who were the "Three Immortals of the Spirit Tortoise" enshrined in the "Wanyi Gate".

This land island lord was dressed in a golden satin coat, with a golden crown and tied hair, and he looked even more handsome, and compared with the earlier time when he met Hua Bushi and others, he had a little more Yongrong and luxury.

The "Four Elders of the Spirit Tortoise" behind him were still dressed in cloth robes, and they still looked arrogant, no different from before.

Lu Qiuhong walked to the main table in the middle of the hall, only to cough lightly, and said, "Guests, please!"

The whole Tingtao Pavilion is more than 40 zhang wide, and there are dozens of tables in the banquet in the pavilion, and many people are drinking and boxing, which is very noisy, but Lu Qiuhong's words are like being said next to the ears of all the people, and everyone can hear it clearly.

The method of sound transmission is not uncommon for these martial arts masters, but it is not easy to transmit sound dozens of feet away. Moreover, when the land island lord spoke, his voice was calm, and he did not raise his breath and shout, as if he was doing it lightly and casually, which only shows that Lu Qiuhong's internal strength must have reached the realm.

Lu Qiuhong's words came out, and the Pavilion suddenly fell silent. In this pavilion, there are ** people who know the goods, and they know that Lu Qiuhong's hand is powerful for thousands of miles.

But he saw Lu Qiuhong hugging his fists and arching his hands around, and said: "Thank you for coming to listen to the Tao Pavilion for the banquet, the disciples of this sect are not well entertained, and they also look at Haihan one or two." ”

He only said this in an ordinary voice, and did not convey it with internal force. The right voice is just to attract everyone's attention, if you repeatedly use internal force to speak, there is a suspicion of deliberate showmanship, this land island lord did a very decent move, so that everyone suddenly had a good impression of him.

I only heard someone respond: "The lord of the land island is too polite! There is wine and meat, and there are people pushing, pulling, playing and singing, and they are very thoughtful!"

Lu Qiuhong said: "It is an honor for Lu to come to my 'Wanyi Island' with all the distinguished guests! Of the 60 invitations sent by this sect for the 'Wanyi Conference', only five sects have not arrived for some reason, and the remaining 55 have all arrived on the island on time. Tomorrow afternoon, the 'Wanyi Conference' will start as scheduled, and I believe that you will have a great harvest from this trip!"

He paused slightly, and then said: "There is nothing to do tonight, you can have fun to your heart's content, you can put forward any requests, and Lu will definitely try his best to meet them." ”

As soon as Lu Qiuhong's words fell, someone said: "Lord Lu Island, there are a lot of beautiful girls on your island, why don't you call them all up to drink with the masters?

Although there are many well-cultivated and elegant people in the Jianghu sect, there are even more people with rough personalities. The person who shouted this was a man in the banquet of the "Tang Gate" and "Emei" in the north, speaking with a Sichuan accent.

When the laughter stopped, Lu Qiuhong said: "Tonight's banquet is just to cheer everyone up, and it is indispensable to let the maids accompany the wine, but there are both senior monks of Shaolin and Putuo factions in this pavilion, as well as immortals of the Wudang faction, all of whom are monks, and Lu Moucai has not made arrangements, please forgive me!"

Monks and Taoist priests all hold color precepts, and it is unorthodox to find a woman to accompany them in front of them.

However, Tang Zilan and Qin Sang are both vulgar attire, and the tables in the north where "Tang Gate" and "Emei" are located are also all lay people, and after hearing Lu Qiuhong's words, he was not convinced.

The man from before said again: "Call the girls to accompany the wine, let everyone be happy, what is the matter with those bird monks and immortals, the lord of the land island also thinks too much!"

This is very unreasonable, although the Yuanguang master of the "Shaolin faction" and the treasure realm real person of the "Wudang faction" looked as usual, as if nothing happened, but there were already a few people at the banquet at the east and west heads.

At this time, I heard a "snap", but it was Tang Zilan in front of the main table in the north who stretched out his hand and patted the table and stood up.

This Tang Zi Scale is eight feet tall, very burly and strong, this shot is very powerful, so that the hearts of everyone in the Tingtao Pavilion are shocked, and even the people who shouted and scolded in the east and west all stopped their mouths.

Of course, there is a deterrent effect of momentum, and it is also the reason for the special identity of Tang Zilan. As the deputy head of the "Tang Sect", except for several other heads of the "Seven Great Sects" in this Tingtao Pavilion, others did not dare to provoke.

Tang Zilan stood up, his eyes were like electricity, sweeping over everyone, zuihou fell on Lu Qiuhong's face, and said in a deep voice: "The friends below are all rough people, they don't choose what to say, there are high monks and immortal chiefs of various sects here, you shouldn't let the maid accompany you to drink, please don't mind the land island master." ”

Lu Qiuhong said: "Tang Daxia is serious. ”

Tang Zilan arched his hand and returned to the chair in front of the table and sat down.

Seeing this scene, Hua Bushi admired the deputy master of the "Tang Gate", and resolved everyone's disputes in a few words.

Although the separation of the three parties is now a foregone conclusion, it is not worth it to start a fight for such a trivial matter, and if it is not handled properly, the "Tangmen" side may convict both the "Shaolin" and "Wudang" parties at the same time. Tang Zilan first used his own momentum to shake the situation, and then avoided the two sides of "Shaolin" and "Wudang", and apologized to Lu Qiuhong, which not only saved his face, but also made the contradictions between the three parties immediately invisible, which can be described as a very wise move.

In fact, not only Tang Zilan, but also Master Yuanguang and Baojing Zhenren, I am afraid that they are all scheming people, plus that Lu Qiuhong, none of them are easy to deal with.

But I heard the lord of Lu Island say: "Looking for a woman to accompany the wine and have fun, it is just the preference of ordinary laymen, all the distinguished guests who came here today to listen to the Tao Pavilion are all famous heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes, extraordinary characters, if you want to have fun, Lu has an idea." ”

Someone on the side accosted: "If the land island lord has any ideas, let's come and hear it!"

As soon as Lu Qiuhong beckoned, a servant brought a tray with three half-foot-high golden cups and a jade wine jug on it. He picked up the flask, filled the three golden jugs one by one, and laid them side by side on an empty sandalwood table.

After doing all this, Lu Qiuhong said: "All of you here are people in the martial arts, if you want to have fun, you must meet friends with martial arts, and show off your best skills." ”

He pointed to the three golden jue on the table and said, "The three glasses of wine here are the deer turtle alcohol that Lu has treasured for thirty years, and they are only prepared by the three friends with the highest martial arts in this pavilion. If you feel that you are qualified to drink this wine, you can come to drink, if others are not convinced, you can also come forward to challenge, and in the end, whoever can be better can drink a full glass of Chinese wine, what do you think?"

After Lu Qiuhong finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the people in the pavilion. But for a while, listening to the more than 200 people on dozens of tables in the Tao Pavilion, none of them answered.

As the saying goes, "there is no second in martial arts", people who practice martial arts compete with each other, or meet friends with martial arts, of course, it is also a common thing, and it is not uncommon.

It's just that the people who came to the "Wanyi Conference" are all elites in various sects, and none of them are not ** lakes, just to fight with others for a glass of wine, that is just the fledgling Lengtou Qing, they disdain to do it.