Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 1269
Fang Jianming and others left the foot of Lishan Mountain and rushed to Xi'an City.When we arrived in the city, it was already dark, but the two streets were brightly lit, and there were many pedestrians, very lively.I think Xi'an is an ancient capital with a long history, so why isn't it prosperous?

It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, Xi'an was still in the hands of Yuan soldiers, and it was called Fengyuan at that time.The following year, Zhu Yuanzhang sent General Xu Da to attack Fengyuan, and then changed its name to Xi'an.A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to move the capital, so he sent a governor to build Xi'an, and later sent his eldest son, Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao, to Xi'an for inspection.It's just that Zhu Biao died early, and Zhu Yuanzhang was old at that time. Although he had the heart to move the capital, he no longer had the power to move the capital.Even so, after many years of operation, Xi'an has become more prosperous than the previous dynasty.

They found a big inn to stay, and because they were hungry, they asked the inn to bring some food and drink.After the meal, everyone sat idle for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, everyone didn't get up early, they just slept for a long time, and then got up by themselves.After breakfast, I visited the places of interest in the city of Xi'an, found a rather famous restaurant, had a full meal, and then continued to set off.

All the way without talking, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and within a few days, he had already entered Sichuan.

The characters and appearances in Sichuan, the strange mountains and different waters, are different from those in Shaanxi.Among Fang Jianming and his party, Qianqian and Yanyan are the happiest. They grew up in Immortal Valley, they are full of curiosity about the outside world, and they are lively and lovely daughters. They never hide their joy.

Therefore, the group of them talked and laughed happily, but at a much slower speed.It was the end of summer when they crossed the territory of Sichuan, entered Yunnan, and were about to reach the Diancang School.

Wu Qingniu was quite worried because Fang Jianming had gone and didn't come back for a long time. He had already sent disciples of Diancang to go out to inquire, and happened to meet Fang Jianming and his party on the way.Together with disciples of Diancang, Chai Lingquan, head of the Peacock Hall and He Lingzhang, head of the Parrot Hall, went out to inquire.

Chai Lingquan and He Lingzhang couldn't help being overjoyed to see that Fang Jianming was safe and sound, and also brought many experts.When I heard that Chu Dongliu, the sword god, was seriously injured. Although he was treated and his life was not seriously affected, he was still in a coma, and he felt sad again.

When everyone returned to Diancang, Wu Qingniu had already led the crowd down the mountain to meet the "head" as soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain.Fang Jianming introduced Fang Qingyun and others to everyone, and then went up the mountain together.

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Just when Fang Jianming and his party first entered Shu, they were far away in the capital, a very secret place.In the huge palace, there was no one else except one person.The man was dressed in a long robe, with his back facing the palace gate, his hands on his back, and a hat covering his face on his head.

When it was time to apply for cards, six people walked into the hall together and stood still ten feet behind the man.After a while, the man turned around slowly and said, "You are all here." After speaking, he reached out and took off the hat.

When those six people saw it, their faces changed, and they cried out: "Master, you..."

The man smiled faintly, and said, "Are you surprised?" He held a mask in one hand, and grabbed a lock of long hair with the other, looked at it in front of his eyes, and smiled wryly.

This person is Dugu Jiutian, the leader of Zhengtian Sect.Over the past few years, due to his great increase in martial arts, "Xiao Tian Luo's magical skills" has improved day by day, and he has become younger and younger.But now, his face looked very tired, as if he hadn't closed his eyes for more than ten days.What is even more surprising is that his hair is all white.

What made him look like this?
"Master, why did your hair turn white all of a sudden?" asked Hu Buhui, the master of the White Tiger Hall.

Dugu Jiutian said: "Because I thought hard about that ancient martial arts and racked my brains, my hair turned white overnight. When I found out, it was already a step too late." After a pause, he said: "This ancient martial arts really Unfathomable, I have studied it for a long time, but I still can't get a glimpse of its true meaning. I didn't understand the reason until last night."

The six people waited without asking.

Dugu Jiutian suddenly let out a long laugh, and after laughing, he said slowly: "The ancient martial arts are so powerful, if I can easily understand them, it is not worth the painstaking efforts of the leader to collect Xuanyuan Xiayu Sword, Shennong Staff, and Golden Deer Sword Decipher the three treasures. Generally speaking, the cultivation base of this leader is still not at home."

After hearing this, the faces of the six people all changed. Yong Tieyi, the head of Qinglong Hall, said: "The leader thinks that he has not yet reached the level of cultivation. If you say that, no one in the world can understand this ancient martial arts?"

Dugu Jiutian chuckled, and said: "Tie Yi, you can't say that. No matter how conceited my leader is, I dare not pretend to be number one in the world. In terms of cultivation, there are not many masters above me in the martial arts world, but there are still many Existence. I called you here this time just to tell you that I am going south."

Dugu Xiongtian said: "Master, you have finally deciphered the secrets of ancient martial arts, why do you want to go south at this time?"

Dugu Jiutian thought for a while, and said: "After much deliberation, I think that instead of being helpless here, it is better to go south to seek advice from Master Baozhu of Leifeng Temple. Master Baozhu's Dharma is profound and his cultivation is extraordinary. I think my cultivation base can make great progress."

The expressions of the six people changed again when they heard this, Dugu Xiongtian said: "Master, please forgive me for being presumptuous, this matter must never be allowed."

Dugu Jiutian smiled and said: "Why not?"

Dugu Xiongtian said: "According to what I know, Master Baozhu doesn't know how to cultivate. In the past month, his martial arts have increased greatly. Monk Peng, the leader behind the Flying Fish Gang, and the two masters of Taixu Palace, in order to win him over, I have gone to look for him before, but they all returned in vain, so until now, Hangzhou is still in a state of no owner. If Master goes to look for him this time, it will be very dangerous."

Dugu Jiutian laughed loudly with a "haha" and said: "There is no danger, I am still going as a teacher. Xiongtian, you are not ignorant of my temper, and I will never change what I have decided. Although this trip to the south is full of It's dangerous, but once I succeed, my cultivation will definitely reach a new level, and I can comprehend ancient martial arts, and it's just around the corner."

Among the six people, an old man with white hair, white eyebrows, white beard and wrinkled face frowned and said: "Master, although I have never met that master of jewels, I have heard from the master about the last time I fought with him. He is so high that no one in martial arts can compare with him except Wudang Chen Tianxiang. Although he was injured by the leader last time, he fought with Kazuo Miyamoto, the leader of the Fusang Black Dragon Group, and the three masters of Fusang. Everyone thought he was going to die, but what he didn't expect was that in recent days, he had frightened away Monk Peng, Tai Xuzi, and Wu Yazi successively. His current skill is probably better than before. I don't know the details, so it's not easy to comment, but the old man knows how high Monk Peng's martial arts are. Back then, this person once had a competition with the leader of Qitian. In front of you, you have to call him senior. Monk Peng’s strength is evident from this. The leader is a master of martial arts, and it is better to be cautious about the mission of reviving the sect.”

The "Master of Qitian" in this old man's mouth is actually the ancestor of Dugu Jiutian, whose full name is Dugu Qitian.

After hearing what the old man said, Dugu Jiutian didn't dare to put up the airs of the leader, and said with a smile: "Grand Elder, are you afraid that I won't come back after I go?"

The Great Elder of Zhengtian Sect said: "As the saying goes, things can be done again and again, not again and again. The first time the leader competed with Yin, the danger was four or six, which is not too big, but the second and third times, respectively Comparing with Baozhu and Chen Tian, ​​it can be said to be a three to seven. Especially in the battle with Chen Tianxiang, if it wasn't for the leader's "Xiao Tianluo Divine Art" to trigger a breakthrough by chance, the consequences can be imagined. The old man understood the meaning of the leader, I want to use the power of the orb to make my cultivation level consistent with martial arts, but this is not easy."

Dugu Jiutian said: "Didn't you always teach me that if you don't have the spirit of adventure, you will never be able to accomplish great things, such as unifying the martial arts, such an unprecedented plan, it is more necessary, and sometimes you even have to gamble with your life. I and Chen Tianxiang fought, and I won the bet. Although Baozhu's cultivation base has improved this time, why am I also improving? Besides, if I don't go to find Baozhu, he may come to me, instead of letting him come Find me, why not find him now?"

After hearing his words, the great elder of the Zhengtian Sect changed his mind immediately, and clapped his hands and shouted: "Well said. When two armies fight, the victory lies in the momentum. You have achieved this."

Dugu Jiutian said: "Because this trip to the south is full of variables, Jiutian will invite you to come here. If Jiutian is unlucky and fails to come back, I will ask you to take charge of the overall situation and assist Xiongtian."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Xiongtian hurriedly knelt down and said: "Master, the reason why this sect has achieved today's achievements is all due to your business management over the years, how dare the disciple work for the elder's assistance? Junior brother Wu Gongyuan Above me, the future..."

Before he could continue, Dugu Jiutian's complexion sank, and he said, "Don't mention that bastard. Whenever I think of him, I get angry. I have worked hard to train him for more than 20 years, but he can't stand the slightest blow. He was drinking too much here and living up to my expectations. If it wasn’t because of my important responsibilities, I would have gone to the capital to tie him up now and whip him three hundred lashes.” Although his words were very harsh, everyone could see that he There is still a bit of "hate iron but not steel" in his eyes.

Dugu Xiongtian was about to say something, Dugu Jiutian waved his hand and said: "It is imperative to go south, no need to say more."

Then, Dugu Jiutian told the six people the arrangement that he had already drawn up in his mind. After the six people felt that there was no problem, the matter just came to an end.

At this time, Dugu Jiutian turned his eyes to a middle-aged man in blue clothes, and said, "Congwei, how is the princess's mood recently? Has it changed?"

The middle-aged man in blue is Ji Congwei, the head of Xuanwu Hall of Zhengtian Sect, who called Dongfang Tianjiao back to the capital. Apart from playing the piano, I just shut myself in the house, and I don’t want to see anyone.”

Dugu Jiutian said, "This kid is too stubborn, you need to worry about it."

Ji Congwei said: "The subordinates will definitely do their best for what the leader told us. I think the princess will understand after some time."

Half an hour later, Dugu Jiutian came to a secret room.After sitting in the secret room for a while, he suddenly heard someone outside the door saying: "Subordinate Bai Zhiyuan, come to see the leader."

Dugu Jiutian got up and said: "Elder Bai, you are welcome, please come in."

One person pushed open the half-hidden door and walked in, but it was a rather bloated and ugly old man.This person's name is Bai Zhiyuan, and he is an elder of Zhengtian Sect.

"Master, your hair?" Bai Zhiyuan couldn't help being shocked when he saw Dugu Jiutian's head full of white hair.

Dugu Jiutian didn't worry about himself, instead he smiled and said: "My hair turned white because of my careless practice, but luckily I didn't get hurt."

"I don't know what orders the leader summoned his subordinates?" Bai Zhiyuan asked in surprise.

Dugu Jiutian pointed to a chair beside him and said, "Elder Bai, please sit down."

Bai Zhiyuan seemed to have scruples, and said: "The leader is here, Bai dare not sit down."

Dugu Jiutian smiled and said: "Elder Bai, why are you being polite to me?" After persuading him several times, Bai Zhiyuan still refused to sit down, and kept using "the leader is above" as an excuse.

Seeing that he didn't sit down, Dugu Jiutian had no choice but to give up. He sat down and thought about it, and said: "Elder Bai, I heard that you have been very close to Elder Ma, Elder Leng, Elder Bei, and Elder Zhu recently. ?”

Bai Zhiyuan said: "My subordinates, Elder Ma, Elder Leng, Elder Bei, and Elder Zhu are all elders of our religion, so we should get close. Does the leader think there is anything wrong?"

Dugu Jiutian laughed, and said: "There is nothing wrong with this matter, but I recently heard that some people in the church are dissatisfied with me. I wonder if Elder Bai has heard of it?"

Bai Zhiyuan was slightly startled, but pretended to be ignorant, and said, "Really? These people are so bold, they dared to be dissatisfied with the leader. Please tell the leader, and the subordinates will go and take them down and hand them over to them." Send it to the leader."

Dugu Jiutian gave him a strange look, and said: "I also heard that besides the nine envoys, those who are dissatisfied with me also include nine elders, including Elder Ma, Elder Leng, Elder Bei, and Elder Zhu. "

Bai Zhiyuan's complexion changed, and he said, "Impossible. The people the leader mentioned have made contributions to the religion and have always been loyal. How could they be dissatisfied with the leader? I think the leader misunderstood the villain's words."

Dugu Jiutian said: "I also thought so at the beginning, because no matter how courageous they are, they would not dare to say anything about the leader of the sect. However, I later discovered that there were three big figures of the sect standing behind these people. Don’t know who these three important figures are? If you know, please tell me Elder Bai.”

After hearing this, Bai Zhiyuan looked a little pale, and said, "This... this..."

Dugu Jiutian smiled and said: "Elder Bai, do you have any secrets?"

Bai Zhiyuan gritted his teeth suddenly, and said: "This subordinate suddenly remembered that there is an important matter to be done, and I will come to see the leader later, and hope the leader will make it happen." After saying that, he quickly backed away.

All the elders of the Zhengtian Sect are masters. Although Bai Zhiyuan is only in the middle of the elders, his martial arts is not inferior to the elders of any sect. After this quick retreat, he reached the door in an instant, and he was about to reach out to open the door , suddenly felt a pressure hit, shortness of breath, could not help but break out in a cold sweat.

He knew very well whether he would be able to escape, it was all at this moment, although he felt the pressure was huge, he still used all his strength to slam into the door, hoping to break through the door and rush out.At any rate, he also has 80-[-] years of skill, and now he is doing it with all his strength, and he immediately slammed into the door of the room.It's a pity that after he hit the door, he didn't know whether the door was too solid, or he was powerless, so he failed to break through the door, but it only shook slightly.

"Elder Bai, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Could it be that there is some ulterior secret?" Dugu Jiutian stood up and said with a smile.If you observe carefully, the five fingers of his right hand are slightly bent, as if gathering something, and an invisible air current revolves around him.

He was four zhang away from Bai Zhiyuan, but at this moment Bai Zhiyuan looked at him as if he was looking at a devil.Beads of sweat rolled down Bai Zhiyuan's head, his face was in pain, he wanted to open his mouth, but he couldn't.He slid down inch by inch against the door, and finally sat down on the ground with his back against the door, his face pale to the extreme.

"Elder Bai, I'm giving you a chance to speak now. If you dare to yell, you know what the outcome will be." After Dugu Jiutian finished speaking, he relaxed the five fingers of his crooked right hand.

Bai Zhiyuan opened his mouth and gasped for a few breaths, his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, he looked like he had just been through a big battle, and the first thing he said was: "Master, please forgive me."

Dugu Jiutian was very satisfied after hearing this.It is not that there are people who are not afraid of death in the world, but there are too few of them. Besides, among the people who are not afraid of death, some of them are people who have nothing to love in life. There is no difference between death and immortality.A person of status like Bai Zhiyuan probably has a lot of things to love, so how can he give up his life so easily?
Dugu Jiutian poured a cup of tea, walked up to pass it to Bai Zhiyuan, and said, "Elder Bai, drink some tea."

Bai Zhiyuan hurriedly reached out to take the teacup, said in a trembling voice, "Thank you, Master." He drank the tea.A few years ago, he might be able to see some thoughts in Dugu Jiutian's heart, but now, Dugu Jiutian has become very strange, mysterious, and terrifying to him. If he is not careful, he will... Dare to think about it.

"The main thing about this religion is not to be sincere to this religion, but to be sincere to our leader. Elder Bai is a smart person, so he should be able to understand my words." Dugu Jiutian said with a half-smile.

Bai Zhiyuan reached out his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, and said tremblingly: "This subordinate didn't understand before, but now he understands. All along, this subordinate has been loyal to the leader."

Dugu Jiutian nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Whoever is sincere to the leader, the leader will treat him as his own relatives. As long as the leader is living well, he will never let those who are loyal to the leader have a bad life. Regardless of the past, present, or future, everything I do is for the sake of the religion and for everyone. You can question me, but if you want to speak out and talk about it behind your back, it is totally wrong. Can you get up now?"

Bai Zhiyuan tried his luck, and found that he had recovered some of his skills, he was both shocked and frightened.Dugu Jiutian was so far away from him, just bending his fingers made his whole body weak, as if he was desperately fighting against a powerful enemy, this was the first time he had seen such an ability.

"Subordinates can get up." Bai Zhiyuan stood up slowly.

Dugu Jiutian stretched out his hand to help, and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll help you."

Bai Zhiyuan was about to say "Don't dare", but when he saw Dugu Jiutian's face and his white hair, he didn't even dare to breathe out, let Dugu Jiutian support himself, walked up to the Sit down on the chair.Afterwards, Dugu Jiutian returned to his seat.

After a moment of silence, Dugu Jiutian asked, "Elder Bai, how do you feel about your body?"

Bai Zhiyuan said: "With Teacher Lao's concern, my subordinates feel much better." When he was about to get up, Dugu Jiutian stopped him with his gestures, and he had to sit obediently on the chair.

"How did Zhang Tanzhu and the others talk about me?" Dugu Jiutian asked with a smile.

Up to now, Bai Zhiyuan naturally didn't dare to hide anything from him anymore, he said honestly, but a little scared: "Report to the leader, as far as my subordinates know, Envoy Zhang and the others suspect the deaths of Envoy Hou and Envoy Zhu, and you have nothing to do with them." related."

Dugu Jiutian laughed when he heard this, and said, "Elder Bai, if I say that Messenger Hou and Messenger Zhu were killed by me, do you believe it or not?"

Bai Zhiyuan was so frightened that he stood up, bowed and said, "I believe everything the leader said." He was also really cunning, he only said that he believed in Dugu Jiutian's words, but he didn't say that he believed that Hou Chaozong and Zhu Youxiao were killed by Dugu Jiutian .Originally, this is all the same reasoning, but how to put it is very particular. Bai Zhiyuan has been in Zhengtian Sect for many years, and he still has some brains.

Dugu Jiutian's complexion suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "Elder Bai, you didn't expect that the leader of the sect would kill them, did you? Let me tell you, the two of them were so presumptuous that they ran in front of me and asked loudly how Messenger Ji died. Yes. That’s right, Messenger Ji died at the hands of people from our sect, but that was simply manslaughter, and if Messenger Ji hadn’t meddled in other people’s business and sneaked onto the boat to find out what happened, he wouldn’t have died in vain.”

When Bai Zhiyuan heard this, he was terrified, how could he dare to ask who killed Ji Xiaoqi.

Dugu Jiutian paused for a moment, and said: "It's God's will, when Messenger Ji died, he had already seen who killed him, and when he was about to die, he revealed the murderer in a way that I don't even know." Who is it? It’s just that other envoys, except for Hou Chaozong, who had the best relationship with him, couldn’t see it. When Hou Chaozong found out that envoy Ji died strangely and saw something, he committed a crime Confused, I broke into my practice room with Zhu Youxiao and revealed everything. I saw that I couldn’t hide it from them, so I had to tell them. After hearing this, they were very angry. If I want to tell the story, I feel anxious , they blocked their way, they thought I was going to kill people, and they fought me desperately, and I killed them because of a wrong hand. I will stop here first, and if I have time, I will tell Say it, keep talking."

Bai Zhiyuan thought for a while, and said, "My subordinates don't know why Zhang Shi and the others doubted the leader. Judging from their tone, it seems that they can be seen from the corpses of Hou Shi and Zhu Shi. I remember one day, Zhang Shi and Zhu Shi The elder invited me in and asked me what I thought about the leader's recent actions. I dealt with it in a hurry, and then I heard Zhang's emissary say: "The leader's actions are becoming more and more unpredictable, and some mysterious people often come in and out." , Once I asked, he only said that he was a friend, which is really not flattering.' Elder Zhu’s tone was even more unscrupulous, saying that the leader is covering the sky with one hand, and he doesn’t pay attention to the Queen of Heaven at all.”

Dugu Jiutian heard this, smiled lightly, and said: "It's no wonder that his disciple Zhu Youxiao died at the hands of the leader. He may have learned something from Zhang Zheng. He is loyal, and of course he hates me to the bone.”

Bai Zhiyuan said: "I heard that they were talking too much, and they didn't dare to stay for long, so they made excuses. Just the day before yesterday, they called me again. At that time, besides nine envoys and nine elders, there were... ...there is also the second elder and the fifth elder, everyone talked about it, and some people thought..." At this point, they didn't go on, thinking that they had reached the point and had something to offend Dugu Jiutian.

Dugu Jiutian smiled and said: "Just say it, they scold me, even want to kill me, I won't blame you."

Only then did Bai Zhiyuan say: "According to some people's intentions, they originally wanted to invite the Queen of Heaven to jointly dismiss the position of the leader, but they were afraid of the past and the future, and they still couldn't agree on it, because this matter is too important, and one is not good. The church will fall into a split, and besides the leader, there are not only the first elder, third elder, and fifth elder, but also four hall masters. There is still no result after making a fuss in the middle of the night, so we can only wait for another chance."

Dugu Jiutian laughed loudly after hearing this, and said: "Now I have an opportunity, I wonder if Elder Bai is willing to accept the merit?"

Bai Zhiyuan's face turned pale with fright, and he said, "This subordinate dare not."

Dugu Jiutian said: "What if this is what I mean?"

Bai Zhiyuan was taken aback for a moment, then he understood a little, and said, "What does the leader mean?"

Dugu Jiutian said: "Don't they trust you? You might as well get closer to them, and even be a pioneer. After ten days, you will spread the news that I have left the main arena. If I am not around, they will definitely be more courageous." Get up, when the time comes... hum hum."

(End of this chapter)