Chapter 43: Refusal to Ascend (text)
In the stone house, Wu Yan sat cross-legged on the stone bed, looking at Hall Master Zhang with a blank face. Hall Master Zhang took Zhang Tao and stood not far from the bed in the stone house, Zhang Tao's face was full of embarrassment, but Hall Master Zhang looked eager.
At this time, the Four Swords of Lonely Mountain had been sent away by Wu Yan. Seeing the four of them divide the bodies of the Wang brothers and bury them, Wu Yan was also a little relieved to the four of them. Then there was another round of grace and power, and then he ordered them to do a few things, and sent them away.
The reason why Wu Yan didn't drive Zhang Tao's uncle and nephew away was that he found that this Hall Master Zhang had always shown a hint of fanaticism in his eyes since he saw him kill Wang Bai and poison Wang Feng within a few breaths, and it seemed that he had a big plan.
Wu Yan was a little curious about this. This Hall Master Zhang is also said to be the old man of the Iron Sword Alliance, and he is also the hall master of the Inner Hall Law Enforcement Hall, since he has a plan, he must also know some confidential things. It just so happened that before Wu Yan left Gushan, he was still worried about something, so he decided to leave him to ask.
Now he knew that this Zhang Tang master was called Zhang Lang, and this name was Wu Yan, who was speechless. Zhang Lang, it sounds like a cockroach. A bed bug that makes people sick to their stomachs. Wu Yan felt that seeing Zhang Lang's current expression was no different from seeing a cockroach.
"Hall Master Zhang, according to what you said, are you very angry that Li Ruo has taken away your power? Do you think that I, Wu Yan, am a three-year-old child, and I can't understand your plan to kill people with a knife or drive away tigers and wolves? Hehe, you are really a good calculation, do you know that I admire Zhang Tao very much, so you want to use me for this?" Wu Yan stared at Zhang Lang and sneered, not thinking that he was Zhang Tao's second uncle and gave him face.
Zhang Langmumu's old face turned red, but he couldn't refute it. He didn't expect that Wu Yan, a fifteen-year-old boy, would have such a clever mind, he could even see this, and he said it very shamelessly. Even, he still felt that Wu Yan was a little unfathomable, so that Wu Yan was sitting cross-legged on the bed now, but let their uncle and nephew stand next to him, and he didn't care about some of these subtle mysteries.
"Second uncle, you, how can you do this? It's a shame that Senior Brother Wu gave you the antidote just now and helped you get rid of the poison on your body. Zhang Tao shouted with dissatisfaction in the urn on the side.
Listening to his second uncle's plan just now, Zhang Tao felt a little embarrassed. In his impression, the second uncle has always been a good man who stands up to the sky, how could he have thought that he would say such a low-voiced thing behind his back, and he also talked about conspiracy and tricks, he Zhang Tao has always been disdainful of conspiracy and tricks.
Just now, after Zhang Lang used the Qing Ling given by Wu Yan to dissolve the toxins on his body, he followed Wu Yan to the valley with a dead face. What made Wu Yan and Zhang Tao feel stunned was that Zhang Lang, who had always been very unspeakable and taciturn in front of outsiders, was actually a mouthful character. In just a few words, the crisis on his body was resolved, and he even almost surrounded Wu Yan.
The Iron Sword Alliance has two inner halls and ten outer halls. The status of the inner hall master has always been the highest among the twelve hall masters. These two inner halls, one is the law enforcement hall with Zhang Lang as the hall master, and the other is the deacon hall with Wang Bai's master Zhao Zhang as the hall master. Just last month, Zhang Lang was discovered by Li Ruoxu because of his close relationship with a deputy alliance leader in private, Li Ruoxu found an excuse and re-promoted a confidant of his own to replace Zhang Lang as the hall master of the Law Enforcement Hall, but Zhang Lang was transferred to the Wild Wolf Hall stationed in the Wild Wolf Valley as the hall master.
Zhang Lang wanted to find Li Ruoxu several times for this reason, but Li Ruoxu did not see him several times under the pretext of retreat and cultivation. Zhang Lang was completely panicked and understood that this was a blow of exclusion.
Zhang Lang has joined the Iron Sword Alliance for more than 30 years, and he is also a descendant of the older generation of the Iron Sword Alliance who withdrew from Yunzhou City, and he is naturally resentful of being treated so unfairly, of course he also knows that if there is still someone in the alliance who can replace Li Ruoxu, I am afraid that only Elder Feng, the grandson of the ancestor of the Iron Sword Alliance's founding faction, will be Elder Feng.
Early this morning, when he learned that Li Ruoxu had sent the Wang brothers and the Four Swords of Gushan to Qiancao Valley on business, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly didn't even have time to bring anyone, so he came to Qiancao Valley to visit the form. On the way over, I happened to meet Zhang Tao, who also heard about it and hurried over. It was also a coincidence that the two of them came, and they happened to bump into the scene of the confrontation between the Wang brothers and Wu Yan.
Zhang Lang just proposed to Wu Yan to build a new one, and he helped to contact the old department of the Feng clan in the Iron Sword Alliance, and at the same time contacted the core disciples of the Iron Sword Alliance who had been poisoned by the chronic poison due to taking the Qi Gathering Pill, looking for an opportunity to abolish Li Ruoxu. Of course, if you can get Elder Feng back as much as possible, it will be even more complete.
It's a pity that Wu Yan doesn't seem to be interested in this.
"Hall Master Zhang, I think you want to be confused, right?" Wu Yan sneered unceremoniously, "I heard that the Blood Rain Sect and the Dragon and Tiger Gang have dispatched a large number of elite disciples, and I am afraid that they have already arrived in Qingxian County at this time." Under the siege of these two major gangs, do you think the Iron Sword Alliance can still hold on? When the leader of a gang that is about to be slaughtered by others, only a fool would do it. I don't want to be such a fool. ”
Zhang Lang showed a disapproving expression on his face, as if he didn't take the matter of the Blood Rain Gate and the Dragon and Tiger Gang attacking the Iron Sword Alliance, it seemed that he should be full of confidence that the Iron Sword Alliance would be able to defend the Lonely Mountain.
"Wu Shaoxia, if you are worried about this, the old man thinks that there is no need to be like this. Hmph, it's not the old man's boasting, after thirty years of painstaking management by the older generation of disciples of this alliance, this small lonely mountain is a hundred miles in circumference, which can be described as an iron bucket. Moreover, there are several roads into the mountain, but in fact, there is only one road that is really smooth, that is, from the dangerous mountain road in the first-line sky canyon of the Wild Wolf Valley. And the road to the core altar of this alliance is also only one necessary path, that is, the second level that new beginners must pass through in the assessment of guò - Buried Sword Valley. Neither of these two places, nor the other, is so easy to get to guò. The old man asserted that even if the Blood Rain Gate and the Dragon and Tiger Gang did their best, they would never be able to break into the main altar. Even if there are really a few particularly powerful Transformation Realm masters who can break in, they are just taking risks alone, so what's the use?"
Zhang Lang's words were full of arrogance and confidence. It is no wonder that since the Iron Sword Alliance has encountered a lesson from being jointly bloodbathed by the Blood Rain Gate, the Dragon and Tiger Gang and other gangs, even if they are cowering in this small lonely mountain, I am afraid that they will definitely not be able to forget the lesson of the original blood, they must have deployed a lot of precautionary measures in this general altar, and they will never allow history to repeat itself.
Thinking of this, Wu Yan couldn't help but move his face, as if he remembered the uneasiness he felt faintly when he broke through the second level of Buried Sword Valley. Could it be that in the Valley of the Buried Sword, what other powerful mechanism can stop the enemy? If not, why is this Zhang Lang so confident.
"Oh, am I really overthinking?" Wu Yan touched his chin and muttered to himself.
Seeing this, Zhang Lang smiled on the side, and then continued to encourage with clever words: "Wu Shaoxia is so old, he is so careful and cautious, and he is definitely a person who does great things with such means and temperament, why not take the opportunity to take the position and do a big job?"
Wu Yan's face moved slightly, revealing a strange expression, and asked Zhang Lang, "Hall Master Zhang, if there are immortal masters joining among these two groups of people who are attacking the Iron Sword Alliance, what will the result be?"
"Immortal Master?ah! How is this possible?Impossible!" Zhang Lang was still full of confidence on his face, but when he heard Wu Yan's words, he didn't react at first, and then after reacting, he showed an expression of disbelief, and his tone became suspicious, and as if he knew who the immortal master was, he shook his head and waved his hand loudly to deny it.
"Hall Master Zhang, why are you so excited? I'm just saying what would happen if an immortal master came. Besides, Hall Master Zhang, why are you sure that there will be no immortal masters to follow them?"
Wu Yan was also eager to learn about the Immortal Cultivator. Although he already knew some from the pharmacist, his knowledge was still very limited. There are very few things related to immortal cultivators recorded in the notes of the pharmacist, and they are all very vague. Seeing Zhang Lang's expression, Wu Yan's heart moved slightly, feeling as if he knew something, so he couldn't help but ask, and a curious expression appeared on his face.