Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 222: Three Thousand Miles North, the Capital of the Liao Kingdom
Chu Yuan and Qiao Feng, who had not seen each other for a while, inevitably sat together to drink again.

And compared to last time, there is one more person this time.

Duan Yu!

The three brothers... it's an extremely rare occasion for them to get together.

Qiao Feng asked Azhu to prepare a table of wine and food, and invited Chu Yuan and Duan Yu to drink in the reception room of his courtyard.

Qiao Feng was very curious about what Chu Yuan gained from his trip to Dali to find the Changchun Valley of Eternal Youth, and why Duan Yu also followed him to the Beggars' Sect.

Chu Yuan then recounted his experience of going to Dali and searching for the Eternal Youth Valley of Changchun.

As for why Duan Yu came to the Beggars' Sect, Chu Yuan and Duan Yu tacitly covered it up.

This matter was considered a stain on the Dali royal family. Even if Qiao Feng was trusted, he could not tell this matter to anyone. Otherwise, if it got out, Duan Yu's mother, Blade Baifeng, would have her reputation ruined and would be ashamed.

After listening to Chu Yuan's experiences on his trip to Dali in search of the Changchun Valley of Immortality, and the residents who have lived in the Changchun Valley of Immortality and are able to live forever, and the shortcomings of the Changchun Valley of Immortality that make it impossible to leave.

Qiao Feng clinked his bowls with Chu Yuan, and he drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp, saying, "I didn't expect that you, my second brother, would have such a wonderful experience on your trip to Dali. You actually found the legendary "Eternal Spring Valley of Immortality". It's a pity that the immortality in the Eternal Spring Valley has its drawbacks. No wonder Senior Xiaoyaozi left the valley with the scriptures."

Chu Yuan also drank up the wine in the bowl: "No matter what, my goal has been achieved. I finally saw the legendary Changchun Immortal Valley."

Chu Yuan then asked Qiao Feng, "Brother Qiao, when we came back just now, I saw that there were not many Beggars' Sect disciples in the headquarters, much fewer than before. Did something happen in the sect?"

Qiao Feng looked worried. He did not hide it from Chu Yuan and told him what happened in the Beggars' Sect recently. "It's nothing. After the new Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji ascended the throne, he suddenly sent out 150,000 troops to the Song-Liao border, intending to attack the Song. I sent Brother Ma to lead some Beggars' Sect disciples to the border in advance to prepare for defense. Because I was busy with some sect affairs, I was going to go to the border with the four elders in two days to see if I could stop the war between the Song and Liao. If you, my second and third brothers, had come back two days later, I'm afraid you wouldn't have seen me."

Chu Yuan's eyes narrowed. He didn't expect that the new Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, had already ascended the throne and was so impatient to use military force against the Song Dynasty.

As a Khitan, although Qiao Feng is the leader of the Beggars' Sect, he cannot help the Song Dynasty deal with the Liao Dynasty. He certainly hopes that this war can be avoided, which will be good for both countries.

Chu Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked Qiao Feng: "Brother Qiao, is there any way to avoid this war? Wasn't Uncle Xiao once the bodyguard of Queen Mother Xiao? Can we use Uncle Xiao's relationship to help the two countries avoid this war?"

War is no joke; it is a fight for national survival, a matter of life and death. Once a war breaks out, countless civilians from both countries will die in the flames of war.

The problem is that there will be no winner in this war.

It will only allow others to take advantage of it and give it to others for nothing.

Qiao Feng shook his head: "I have already been to Songshan Mountain. My father said that he has become a monk. All the grudges in the world have nothing to do with him anymore. The most important thing is that Empress Dowager Xiao has passed away for 20 to 30 years. Her influence in the Liao court has also disappeared. The new emperor will not give up the war against Song Dynasty because of her."

The reason why Qiao Feng stayed in the Beggars' Sect was not necessarily because he wanted to rely on the relationship with his father Xiao Yuanshan to make the two countries cease fire.

But obviously, his wish was in vain.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I will go to the Liao Emperor and explain the pros and cons to him. Brother Qiao, you are a Khitan, so it is not appropriate for you to come forward."

In the original plot, Qiao Feng helped the Song Dynasty capture the Liao Emperor, forced him to withdraw his troops, and only let him go after forcing him to swear that he would never send a single soldier across the border between the two countries for the rest of his life.

Later, Qiao Feng felt guilty for helping the Song Dynasty despite being a Khitan. In addition, his beloved Azhu had died, so he decided to die and committed suicide.

Qiao Feng hesitated and said, "But this..."

Chu Yuan interrupted Qiao Feng forcefully and said, "It's settled. Brother Qiao, you don't have to refuse. I am also a member of the Beggars' Sect."

Duan Yu also echoed: "That's right, big brother, just let the second brother go. The second brother's martial arts are now much better than before. He also has the invulnerable "Nine Heavens Gangqi", so there will be no danger."

The reason why Duan Yu spoke up for Chu Yuan was because he felt that Chu Yuan, after walking out of the Changchun Valley of Immortality, had already reached the level of immortals and gods in martial arts, which was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

It is much safer for Chu Yuan to take action than for Qiao Feng to do so.

Seeing Chu Yuan and Duan Yu both saying this, Qiao Feng could only agree: "Okay."

He also noticed that Chu Yuan's temperament had changed drastically this time when he came back, and he became even more mysterious.

This is a sign of great progress in martial arts!
He also thought that after practicing the two peerless martial arts "Yi Jin Jing" and "Shen Zu Jing" continuously, his martial arts skills were already on par with Chu Yuan.

Now it seems that his martial arts not only failed to catch up with Chu Yuan, but was left even further behind by Chu Yuan.

The drinking lasted until late at night.

Duan Yu was arranged to live in the guest room of the Beggars' Sect's headquarters.

Ah Bi and Chu Yuan, whose face was slightly red from drinking, walked towards the yard next to Chu Yuan's headquarters in the Beggars' Sect.

When he reached the door and pushed open the courtyard gate, Chu Yuan did not go in.

Ah Bi turned around and looked at him with a puzzled look, "What's wrong, Brother Chu?"

Chu Yuan's face, which had just turned slightly red, returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye under the moonlight. Chu Yuan said to A Bi, "A Bi, you stay in my yard first. I have some things to do and may have to go out for a while."

A-Bi was confused as to why Chu Yuan was going out again right after coming back!
This time, are you going to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan to meet the senior in the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Library?
But if he was going to Shaolin Temple, why didn't he take me with him?

Just as A-Bi was thinking wildly and her thoughts were in a mess, Chu Yuan added: "I'm going to Shangjing Linhuang Prefecture."

Abiqi asked, "Shangjing Linhuangfu? The capital of the Liao Dynasty?"

Chu Yuan nodded: "Yes, the capital of the Liao Dynasty!"

Ah Bi suddenly realized and blurted out: "Brother Chu, are you going to see the Liao Emperor?"

Just now, when Chu Yuan, Qiao Feng and Duan Yu were drinking, A-Bi was helping her sister serve the dishes to the three of them, and she also heard the conversation between Chu Yuan and the other two.

Chu Yuan looked towards the north: "Who said that I must wait until the war breaks out before I go to the Liao emperor? Since Liao hasn't sent out its troops yet, we must end this war before the war breaks out!"

He was not prepared to wait for the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty to go to war, and then kidnap the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji among thousands of troops and force him to sign an alliance not to attack the Song Dynasty and to start the war himself.

That was what Qiao Feng was going to do originally, and he wasn't going to do it again.

Ah Bi looked worried: "But Brother Chu, you are going to the capital of the Liao Dynasty alone, and you have to talk to the emperor of the Liao Dynasty and persuade him not to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty. I am afraid that this trip will be dangerous..."

Chu Yuan stood in the moonlight, looked at A Bi and said, "A Bi, trust me, I will be fine."

After saying this, he took a step forward, and in a flash, he appeared more than ten feet away.

"In Luoyang City, wait for me to come back!"

Before Chu Yuan finished speaking, the man had disappeared.

Looking at the disappearing Chu Yuan, A Bi couldn't help but think of the scene in which Chu Yuan jumped from the cliff at Gongba Peak of Baima Snow Mountain and soared into the sky.

Ah Bi murmured to herself, as if trying to convince herself: "That's right, Brother Chu's martial arts are so high, how could anything go wrong..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment, then immediately turned around and ran towards the Beggars' Sect headquarters, shouting as she ran: "Brother Qiao, it's bad. Brother Chu went to the Liao capital alone. In the silent night, the voice was particularly loud."

It woke up the neighbors in the surrounding houses and some Beggar Gang disciples who were on duty in the Beggar Gang headquarters not far away.

"What, second brother, you went to the capital of the Liao Dynasty alone?"

Qiao Feng, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by A-Bi's voice. She came out in her clothes and his face changed drastically.

Qiao Feng immediately issued an order as the leader of the Beggars' Sect, with Luoyang as the center, to all Beggars' Sect branches across the world:
In order to avoid a war between Song and Liao, the Green Lotus Messenger Chu Yuan went alone to the Liao capital Shangjing Linhuangfu to negotiate with the Liao emperor. He ordered all the leaders of the Beggar Gang branches in the world to lead their elite troops with high martial arts skills, cross the Song-Liao border, disguise themselves, and gather in the Liao capital Shangjing Linhuangfu!
After issuing this order, Qiao Feng immediately led the four elders and three thousand elite members of the Beggar Gang northward, preparing to sneak into the territory of the Liao Dynasty and head to the capital of the Liao Dynasty.

……

A full moon hangs high in the night sky.

The entire world was dyed silver-white, and the moonlight on the earth was like frost.

A figure left Luoyang City under the moonlight, like an arrow shot from a bow, either passing by on the treetops in the mountains and forests, or running wildly on the ground. In just a blink of an eye, he appeared more than ten feet away.

Of course Chu Yuan didn't know what happened in the Beggars' Sect after he left.

He had never used Qinggong to travel at full strength before, especially now that his martial arts had greatly improved. He was using all his strength to travel at full speed, and it felt like he was traveling at lightning speed.

The night wind whistled past his ears, and Chu Yuan only felt that his speed was comparable to that of a galloping horse.

Do not!
Even faster than a horse.

Horses need to walk on roads, but Chu Yuan doesn't.

Chu Yuan used his lightness skills to cross mountains and rivers. He was approaching the Liao capital Shangjing Linhuangfu at an astonishing speed.

Chu Yuan ran from the stars to the moon, until the sun rose, and then ran until the sun set...

He ran for two days and two nights.

It was not until the evening of the third day that Chu Yuan arrived at a city built with stones surrounded by mountains.

The city is huge, seven miles long from north to south and four miles wide from east to west. As the capital of the Liao Dynasty, Shangjing was as prosperous as the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains. Some of the buildings in the city even have the style of the Song Dynasty.

Chu Yuan took a look and made sure that he was not in the wrong place, then walked leisurely towards Shangjing City.

Although he traveled for two days and two nights without sleep, and ran 2,700 miles from Luoyang City of the Song Dynasty to Shangjing, the capital of the Liao Dynasty, he did not look the least bit disheveled. Instead, he was neatly dressed and showed no signs of having traveled through mountains and rivers.

This was mainly due to Chu Yuan's protective qi. When he used Qinggong to travel, he also used the protective qi to prevent his clothes from being torn by branches when he was walking through the woods.

As the capital of the Liao Dynasty, Shangjing was naturally heavily guarded, with armored Liao soldiers standing at the city gate to check pedestrians entering the city.

Chu Yuan was dressed like a Song Dynasty person, which made him very conspicuous in the crowd, but Chu Yuan didn't try to blend in.

He walked up to the Liao soldiers who were checking the pedestrians entering the city in a swaggering manner.

The Liao army leader who led the inspection first spoke a few words to Chu Yuan in the Liao Khitan language. Seeing that Chu Yuan could not understand, he looked alert and said in the awkward accent of the Song official language: "Song people?"

Chu Yuan was too lazy to answer the other party, and even more lazy to kill these ordinary Liao soldiers.

He took a step forward, and in a flash, he passed through the city gate and was already more than ten feet away, entering Shangjing City.

After Chu Yuan left for a while, the Liao soldiers guarding the city gate and the Liao people entering and leaving the city gate finally reacted.

Many people's faces changed, their eyes turned terrified, and they shouted, "Ghost!"

The Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty had frequent exchanges, especially in cultural exchanges. Many ministers in the Liao court were even from the Song Dynasty, so they also knew about the Song Dynasty's theories of ghosts and gods.

The Liao soldier leader who was guarding the city gate and checking passers-by was still knowledgeable. He looked at Chu Yuan, who disappeared from his sight in just a few moments.

As if he had thought of something, the Liao army leader shouted, "That man is not a ghost. He is a warrior from the Song Dynasty with superb martial arts skills. Quickly notify the palace guards in the city and tell them that a master from the Song Dynasty has broken into the city."

The palace troops in the capital of the Liao Dynasty were the imperial guards surrounding the Liao emperor. They were responsible for fighting in wartime and protecting the safety of the capital and the Liao emperor in peacetime.

As the news spread, the entire Liao capital was thrown into chaos.

The palace troops responsible for protecting the Liao emperor also began to take action.

……

Chu Yuan didn't know this.

Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

After he entered Shangjing, the capital of the Liao Dynasty, he went straight to the Liao Dynasty Palace without going anywhere else.

Anyway, no matter which country or dynasty it is, the imperial palace is usually the most central and luxurious building in the capital.

Soon Chu Yuan saw a city wall in Shangjing City again.

However, compared to the huge city wall outside, the city wall in front of us is much smaller. Although the height is the same, the length and width are very different.

"It seems that the Liao Dynasty learned from the Song Dynasty and built the imperial city wall. The imperial palace is probably inside."

Chu Yuan said thoughtfully.

Chu Yuan was not surprised. The Liao Dynasty admired the culture of the Song Dynasty very much. This could be seen from the fact that the prime minister of the Northern Palace appointed by Yelu Hongji, the new Liao emperor who had just ascended the throne, was a Han Chinese.

The gate of the imperial city in front of him had already been closed.

There were five hundred armored and well-armored palace soldiers who had already been waiting here in an orderly formation, awaiting Chu Yuan's arrival. The atmosphere was solemn and murderous.

"Who are you, sir, and how dare you come to the capital of the Liao Kingdom and act wildly?"

The leader of the troops was a burly man wearing iron armor and holding a white-handled spear with a red tassel. His name was Yelu Chang, and he was a captain in his early thirties.

He was able to serve as the captain of the palace army because he was actually a relative of the Liao royal family.

"Report to the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji and tell him that the Beggars' Sect's Qinglian Envoy Chu Yuan is here to visit!"

Chu Yuan did not answer Yelu Chang's question, but just looked at Yelu Chang calmly.

"So you came here for His Majesty. You actually broke into the palace. You are really bold."

Yelu Chang said angrily.

This young man from the Song Dynasty dared to break into the capital of the Liao Dynasty, Shangjing, alone, and simply did not take the Liao Dynasty seriously.

The key point is, the group of rubbish guarding the city gate actually let him in.

Now that I have encountered him, I must not let him enter the palace and disturb His Majesty.

"Let's go together and capture him!"

Yelu Chang gave the order.

At the command, the five hundred Liao soldiers formed a battle formation and surrounded Chu Yuan to kill him.

Chu Yuan stood there motionless, and the ten Liao soldiers in the first row soon arrived in front of Chu Yuan.

There was no emotion in their eyes, they were extremely cold, waving their weapons and swords, slashing and stabbing at Chu Yuan.

However, what made all the Liao troops, including Yelu Chang who was not far away, feel unbelievable was that

The weapons of the Liao army chopped, stabbed and stabbed at Chu Yuan. When they were three feet away from Chu Yuan, it was like chopping, stabbing and stabbing at an invisible hard wall of air. Sparks were created, but Chu Yuan was not harmed at all.

Instead, it was the rebound force that caused a dull pain in their palms, and the weapons in their hands were almost accidentally bounced away.

"Go away!"

Chu Yuan shouted loudly, and he slapped the enemies around him, in front, behind, left and right, several feet away!

boom!
Every time Chu Yuan swung his palm, the Liao soldier in front of him and several Liao soldiers behind him were thrown away.

These Liao soldiers felt as if they were hit by a mountain.

After they hit the ground, they were silent.

With just a few palm strikes, a large area around him was cleared.

Captain Yelu Chang who was not far away was stunned. He had seen some very brave generals on the battlefield who were good at charging and killing the enemies, but none of them were as brave as this!

He felt that the young man in front of him, who was about twenty years old, had already surpassed the scope of humanity.

"Everyone, spread out and trap him with the army formation. The shield soldiers will be responsible for defense, the spearmen will attack from the outside with their spears, and the archers will shoot from the back. Don't be afraid, as long as he is a flesh and blood body, we can kill him. This man is so terrifying, we must not let him enter the palace, otherwise our whole family will be buried with him!"

Although he was surprised, Yelu Chang still made his deployment in an orderly manner, hoping to capture or kill Chu Yuan with the help of the military formation.

Since Chu Yuan was so terrifying, he naturally couldn't let Chu Yuan break into the Liao Palace.

Otherwise he would be derelict in his duty and not only would he lose his position, he might even lose his head.

call out!
As soon as Yelu Chang finished speaking, the spear in the hand of a spearman not far away broke away from his hand at an incredible angle and fell into Chu Yuan's hands through the air.

Chu Yuan grabbed it in his hand, turned around and threw it, and the spear turned into a flash of lightning. Yelu Chang didn't even have time to react before the spear pierced his chest. Before he died, he opened his eyes wide, as if he had never imagined that an ordinary standard spear in Chu Yuan's hands would have such power.

After killing Yelu Chang, the spear continued to pierce the chests of four or five Liao soldiers behind Yelu Chang.

These Liao soldiers fell down one after another like candied haws on a string.

Finally, the spear was nailed directly into the palace wall behind, penetrating more than two feet into the stone wall.

"You're so annoying."

Chu Yuan looked at Yelu Chang who had fallen to the ground, his eyes calm.

Seeing that their superior was dead, all the remaining soldiers looked at Chu Yuan with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Chu Yuan was too lazy to continue, and taking advantage of the Liao soldiers' distraction, he lightly stepped on the ground with his right foot, and his body soared into the sky as if it was equipped with a spring, easily crossing the palace wall.

"My purpose of coming here this time is to see your emperor. I don't want to bother with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already entered the palace.

Only a group of Liao soldiers were left looking at each other in bewilderment!

(End of this chapter)