Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 579: The Gate of Hell

When Wu Song started his legendary journey, Gongsun Sheng and Lin Chong also came to Shaohua Mountain to purchase weapons.

No matter how fast we hurry, it's still getting dark, Gongsun Sheng said.

"It's not easy to go up the mountain at night. We should go to Huayin County to rest for a night and then go to the mountain to pay respects early tomorrow morning. This will not be impolite."

"Okay." Lin Chong nodded and said.

There are not many people in Liangshan who understand etiquette, and even fewer who are willing to observe etiquette.

However, Gongsun Sheng was a Taoist priest and had practiced in Shaohua Mountain, so he would naturally not be rude.

Because of his background and personality, Lin Chong understood etiquette and was willing to abide by it most of the time, so they reached a consensus.

The two men brought their minions and pretended to be merchants selling goods and entered Huayin County. They immediately felt something different, a kind of tranquility and relaxation that was different from other places.

The people here are just as busy and the streets are noisy, but there is less restraint, as if this place is very safe.

Gongsun Sheng thought about it and knew what was going on, but Lin Chong didn't know and was a little confused.

But when he saw the elite soldiers patrolling the streets, he seemed to understand something.

"Such elite soldiers are rare even in the capital." When it came to his expertise, Lin Chong couldn't help but talk more.

"In such a huge capital, with 800,000 imperial guards, how can there not be many of them?" Gongsun Sheng felt that Lin Chong was exaggerating, so he said.

"There are many soldiers in the capital who are taller, stronger and more handsome than these soldiers, but they wear paper armor and hold wooden weapons. Their deployment of troops is like juggling. How can they go to the battlefield?" When saying this, Lin Chong could not help shaking his head.

Among the 800,000 imperial guards, even if only one in ten can be picked, 80,000 elite soldiers can be gathered. But in fact, except for those guarding the border, the imperial guards in the capital have long been corrupt. Not to mention the common practice of drawing salaries without working, there are countless people who have become free slaves of the powerful and wealthy.

The rest had to start small businesses to make a living and support their families. They would only get together during grand festivals or when their superiors were appointing new officers to serve them.

Therefore, the imperial guards of the capital specially trained an "elite" force, which was composed of tall and handsome young men. They wore paper armor with silver foil and held long weapons made of cork, looking very majestic.

In fact, they are all just for show, made to fool the people above.

Anyway, the emperor was very happy to see it, and thought that all his 800,000 imperial guards were so elite.

Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this, thinking that it was a miracle that the Song Dynasty had not yet fallen.

There was no way around it. The Song Dynasty came to power illegitimately, and in order to prevent its own generals from following suit, the situation became almost pathological.

In order to weaken his own soldiers and generals, he has resorted to all means.

The ministers in the court were not unaware of the dangers of doing so, but because of the disputes between the civil and military officials and between factions, they all pretended not to know. Everyone was fooling around, and as a result, the Song Dynasty went further and further down the dead end path of destroying its own military strength.

You should know that the Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty, without a doubt.

Not only were they rich, they also had a large population. If they really wanted to fight, they would even be able to organize a large-scale expedition of millions of people, all of whom would be combat soldiers rather than civilians. This would have been extremely terrifying in ancient times.

If it were any other dynasty, with the conditions in place, not to mention the Han and Tang dynasties, even the Ming Dynasty would have dared to push its army to the end of the desert and into the ice and snow.

But in the Song Dynasty, the imperial court would rather spend the same amount of money to support millions of beggar-like imperial guards and soldiers than to see anyone train an elite army.

Whoever dares to do this, no, whoever has the ability to do this, should die.

It is no wonder that the Song Dynasty gave money regardless of winning or losing a battle, and even fed the enemy, because it did not want to see any possibility of the army becoming bigger.

Without mentioning these troubles, now that they have all gone to the mountains to live as bandits, Lin Chong doesn't care where these elite soldiers come from. After a night's rest, he followed Gongsun Sheng to Shaohua Mountain. Upon hearing that Gongsun Sheng is coming, Shi Jin, who has been idle on the mountain, immediately came down the mountain to greet him.

When Shi Jin saw Lin Chong beside Gongsun Sheng, he was stunned at first, then confirmed that this was a master, and then felt a familiar temperament from the other party.

Oh, that’s Coach Wang. Shi Jin’s eyes lit up and he remembered who he looked like.

But why does this man look so depressed? He doesn't seem like a cheerful man, so Shi Jin grabbed Gongsun Sheng and wanted to hold a banquet to welcome him.

At this time, Lin Chong didn't care about Shi Jin's attitude because he was a little confused.

The pass on the mountainside alone made Lin Chong gasp, not to mention those elite soldiers.

Unlike the checkpoints built by bandits who took advantage of the terrain and constructed walls with earth and wood, the pass at Shaohua Mountain was truly built according to war standards.

Relying on the steep terrain, even if there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they cannot attack. The most they can do is cut off the food supply and force the enemy to surrender.

Such a magnificent fortress cannot be built by ordinary forces.

The same was true for those elite soldiers. They were all strong in height and physique, and not only were they well-equipped with weapons and armor, they were also strictly disciplined. Most importantly, they were the same elite soldiers as those in the county.

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What is the background of Shaohuashan? Is he from the imperial court?
Full of doubts, Lin Chong silently followed Shi Jin and Gongsun Sheng up the mountain. Everything he saw and heard along the way made him feel confused and puzzled.

It is really hard to understand why this person is neither an official nor a bandit.

Yan Xu naturally knew about the arrival of Gongsun Sheng and Lin Chong, but he could no longer take care of them because he did not expect that the treasure left by the mountain yaksha Sun Yuan was so powerful that it could temporarily connect to the way of heaven.

The mountain yaksha Sun Yuan left behind a sword and a shield. Yan Xu was very interested in the ghost-faced shield, as it could be transformed into a huge bronze door. Remembering that there was a master of Ghost Gate, he planned to refine it into a mountain copy of Ghost Gate as the natal magic weapon of this incarnation.

Who would have thought that after successfully refining the Ghost Gate, he would actually gain partial authority and be able to open the reincarnation channel of the Water Margin world.

Only then did Yan Xu realize that this shield was really the gate of hell, at least part of it. Otherwise, no matter how fake it was, it would not be able to fool the way of heaven so easily.

I just don’t know whether it is from this world or another world, and how it came from.

These are not important. What is important is that Yan Xu discovered that he could control reincarnation through the fake Ghost Gate.

This was different from when he had previously used the reincarnation authority from the Immortal Burial World to bring the souls that died in the battle with Sun Yuan into reincarnation.

Just like you can use another bank account to transfer money to the company account, but you cannot transfer the company's money away, you cannot make a decision in the name of the company and implement it.

But now it is possible. Through the copycat Ghost Gate, Yan Xu can truly control the reincarnation of the Water Margin world. Although the Heavenly Dao will soon react and revoke his authority, it is an extremely rare and precious opportunity.

Yan Xu's purpose is not that superficial. He would not do anything deadly like stealing the origin of the Water Margin world, destroying the trend of heaven, etc.

This kind of behavior would seriously offend the way of heaven in the Water Margin world. The Heaven, Lingshan, and the Underworld would not remain indifferent. In other words, if he really did this, he would be the enemy of the whole world in this world, and would be the kind that would not be tolerated by heaven and earth.

Therefore, Yan Xu's purpose was not to steal, but to take the opportunity to practice and see how the truly complete world works, at least the part about reincarnation.

Although this is also a bit excessive and against the rules, it can be resolved by paying a small price.

What else can they do? If they really want to kill him, it is impossible for the Heavenly Court and other three realms not to take action. But now the Three Realms are gradually sealing themselves off to avoid being affected by the decline of the human world. This is also a preparation for the Dharma Ending Age, so they will not open the passage easily.

This is also the reason why one can still ascend to heaven at this time. After hundreds of years, even if one has connections with the sect, one can only go to the underworld after death.

(End of this chapter)