Knife splashing

Chapter 513 Dragon Crossing the River

"Do you dare to do it?"

Hearing Feng Laohai's words, Li Yan stopped what he was doing, glanced at him calmly, shook his head and said, "Old senior, just say what you want to say."

He knew that the old man must have something up his mind.

It's not surprising to have some little thoughts.

In this world, everyone has selfish desires. Even our closest parents, brothers, sisters, wives and children will have other considerations.

Emotions that are too pure are not only rare, but also tend to be extreme.

Having lived two lives, Li Yan has long been able to look at things calmly.

He never minds other people's little thoughts.

The reason why it got the nickname "Ghost-Seeing" is simply because there are too many people in this world who like to take advantage of others.

Just like Feng Laohai in front of us, he just talks and tries to provoke others, which is really boring.

"Please forgive me, Young Master Li."

Feng Laohai was also a shrewd man. He could tell that Li Yan was unhappy, so he apologized directly and then said, "Although I haven't been in the Salt Gang for a long time, there are some things I know very well."

"The feud between Young Master Li and Prince Shu's Mansion must have been caused by someone who was interfering and fanning the flames, leading to the current situation."

Li Yan nodded slightly and said, "I also noticed something was wrong."

There are too many coincidences in their grievances with the Prince of Shu's Palace.

First, the two sides began to have a grudge because of the two little girls "Chao Yun Mu Yu", and then they were besieged by the earth immortals and his "Ruyi Pearl" was snatched away, and then things got out of control.

"When the Salt Gang joined the Shu Palace, I was very opposed to it."

Feng Laohai said in a deep voice: "Firstly, the Sichuan Salt Gang has existed since the Qin and Han Dynasties. They are neither black nor white, and they want to ensure that their brothers have food to eat regardless of prosperity or chaos."

"Officially, you have to make some arrangements, but if you really become someone's dog, you can only wait to be abandoned after you have done your job."

"Secondly, the King of Shu is powerful, but only in Shu. The one in the capital has never been a good person. Even Qingcheng and Emei are hiding from this matter. What qualifications does the Salt Gang have to participate?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "Senior, what you said is correct."

"Yes."

Feng Laohai sighed, "In fact, many of the elders in the gang agree with me, but we still underestimated the meanness of those people."

"The current leader of the Sichuan Salt Gang is Zhai Tianbao, who is my senior apprentice. Before he took the position, he was quite polite and well-mannered, but after he took the position, he began to place his own people in positions."

"Anyone who could threaten him was secretly eliminated, and all of us old people were also pushed out..."

Li Yan heard the meaning, frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "Senior, do you want to rely on us to take back the power of the Salt Gang?"

"Excuse me, we won't take this job!"

They are a team of wandering immortals who can fight for their own interests and fight for justice, but they will not be hired by others to fight for power and profit.

this point is very important.

Although they received many missions from the imperial court, most of them had the same goal, either to quell disasters or to eradicate evil.

If you fail to stick to your original intention, you will end up like the ghost troupe.

"Young Master Li misunderstood."

After hearing this, Feng Laohai calmly shook his head and said, "I will take care of these matters myself and will also contact other old friends."

"What I want to cooperate with is something else."

"To be honest, before I was ostracized, I followed Zhai Tianbao to the Prince of Shu's Mansion several times, and I know what's going on inside."

"I don't know what has possessed the current King of Shu. He is only interested in cultivating immortality. The palace has long been in chaos."

"Inside the palace, each prince's subordinate has gathered strength, looking for rare treasures, immortal secrets, and pleasing the King of Shu."

"Whoever gets a compliment from the King of Shu will immediately become famous, and they will compete with each other, and the brotherhood will be gone long ago."

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, "Senior, what you mean is that it was someone else who caused trouble for us, and the King of Shu was unaware of it?"

"No."

Feng Laohai shook his head and said, "This King of Shu has followed the emperor through palace turmoil and has even crawled out of a pile of dead bodies on the battlefield several times. How could he not know?"

"He must know, but he doesn't care. There must be a prince who pushed this matter and made some great promises to make the King of Shu interested..."

"The elixir of immortality!"

Recalling a few things that happened on the road, Li Yan answered with certainty.

Li Yan didn't believe in the elixir of immortality, but it did appear in various esoteric records, and was related to the Queen Mother of the West and the Ten Witches.

The initial feud with the Prince of Shu's Palace was also due to this incident.

He didn't believe it, so he told Feng Laohai the truth.

"That's right!"

Feng Laohai said in a deep voice: "Zhai Tianbao took refuge with the eldest prince. He was able to control power in a short period of time. It must be because of this matter."

"This is also their lifeblood, so they are so impatient. If I am not mistaken, the treasure obtained by Young Master Li is also related to this matter, so they are so reckless."

"It was Zhai Tianbao and the eldest prince who pushed this matter forward!"

"The King of Shu must have given them a deadline. He can acquiesce to some things, but the price of failure is something the eldest prince cannot afford."

After listening to Feng Laohai's explanation, Li Yan also understood the reason.

Indeed, they didn't feel anything when they were against the Salt Gang before, but ever since they got the "Ruyi Pearl", the Shu Palace started to make a big move.

The Shu King's Palace is rich and has many treasures.

There must be another reason why he cares so much about the "Wish-fulfilling Pearl".

"What should I do, Senior?"

Thinking of this, Li Yan asked directly.

"Simple, remove the firewood from under the cauldron!"

Feng Laohai's eyes showed a hint of ferocity, "There are many people in the Salt Gang who are dissatisfied with Zhai Tianbao. I will use this life to overturn his desk!"

"Without the support of the King of Shu, the other princes will surely take advantage of the situation. My old friends will take this opportunity to clean up the Salt Gang and leave the King of Shu's Palace."

Li Yan said thoughtfully: "Senior, if you do this, Zhai Tianbao will certainly be in trouble, but the Salt Gang will probably not be in a good situation either."

"Hahaha…"

Feng Laohai laughed, "Since the heavy taxes on salt and iron, our Salt Gang has never been cut off. After making a living in this business, we have nothing to fear from the imperial court. The Jianghu is the fate of the Salt Gang!"

As he said that, he turned around and shouted, "Boys, I want to return to the Salt Gang and take back what belongs to you, but I have to risk my life. Do you dare?"

"Return to the clan leader, dare!"

"Fuck you, I'm not afraid of anything!"

"Yes, I don't want to live even one more day like this!"

Everyone immediately responded loudly.

Li Yan was not surprised when he saw it.

Once you step into the world of martial arts, it is not easy to leave. Sometimes you have no choice, and sometimes you don't want to quit.

Once you get used to being a wolf, how can you tolerate the life of a sheep?

But if you want to be a wolf and eat meat, you have to snatch it from the mouths of other beasts. You have no future and will live in fear all your life.

This was someone else's choice, and Li Yan was too lazy to say more. He said in a deep voice, "Then what do you want me to do, Senior?"

"Nothing to do."

Feng Laohai shook his head and said, "This is related to the future. Both the eldest prince and Zhai Tianbao will not give up easily. The attacks will surely come in waves."

"The reason why Zhai Tianbao was able to stabilize the situation of the Salt Gang was because he spent a lot of money to recruit a group of martial arts masters, and eliminated dissidents everywhere, making everyone feel insecure."

"The masters recruited by the palace are not fools. If they see too many people dying, they will naturally refuse. Then Zhai Tianbao will have no choice but to use these people."

"After this separation, I will lead my people to hide in the dark and contact those old friends and those who are dissatisfied with Zhai Tianbao."

"As long as Young Master Li kills these people, you can just watch the show as it's done!"

"Okay!" Li Yan agreed without hesitation.

Anyway, the situation with the Prince of Shu's Palace has long been strained.

Whether you agree or not, those people will take action.

Why not see what this old man can do...

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"Everyone, see you later!"

"Farewell!"

At the ferry crossing of the Fu River, the monster hunters bowed and said goodbye.

Feng Laohai was worthy of being the former elder of the Salt Gang. After making up his mind, he took action immediately and sent people back to Baixi Village to take the women, children and the elderly to hide separately.

From now on, they will remain in the dark.

Set foot back into the bloody world of Jianghu.

And these demon hunters are not fools.

They followed Wang Daoxuan because they wanted to cling to the thigh of "Taoist Master Youji" and make a living.

But that doesn't mean they dare to go against the Shu Palace.

What happened in the village of the Dragon Worship Sect made them even more terrified, knowing that they would no longer be able to participate in what was happening next.

Therefore, when he arrived at the ferry, he said goodbye immediately and planned to leave Shuzhong by boat and beg for food elsewhere.

Li Yan and others knew it all, and were too lazy to speak out.

Watching the demon hunter boats gradually moving away, Sharifei shook his head slightly, "Brother Yan, what should we do next?"

Li Yan looked into the distance and thought:

"I can't go to Qingcheng Mountain for the time being. There is still chaos over the fight for the position of the headmaster. If I go up the mountain rashly, I might be used as a target. I will wait until the position of the headmaster is decided..."

"After the winter solstice, we will enter the twelfth lunar month. There will be a gathering organized by Huang Quan in Fengdu. We don't have much time left, so we can't go too far."

"A few demons from the Dragon Worship Sect have escaped, and with the addition of the Shu Palace, there will definitely be a lot of people looking for trouble with us. We can't hide from them, so we might as well take this opportunity to deal with them first."

Wang Daoxuan pondered for a moment, "Why don't we go to that barren mountain to practice, so that there won't be too many people and it won't be easy to let go and fight."

"No."

Li Yan shook his head. "If it was in the past, this would be the best way to do it, but it's different now."

"The Shu Palace has several musketeers, all equipped with new-style firearms. If a Xuanmen master arranges them, we will have no advantage if we are surrounded in the wild."

"But he doesn't dare to use his firearm openly, so it's safer to go to a crowded place."

"Guangde Temple is holding a ceremony for several days in a row. We can go and see what's going on and tell them about the Dragon Worship Sect. No matter how much they don't want to cause trouble, they are the leader of the orthodox Buddhist sect in Shu, and they can't just sit there and watch..."

"Let's go, this time we'll enter the city in a grand manner!"

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The old city of Suining is very old.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, Deyang County was established with its seat in Deyang County.

In the third year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after Huan Wen pacified Shu, he abolished Deyang County and established Suining County in the southeast of Deyang County, with the meaning of "ending chaos and maintaining peace".

The name "Suining" originated from then on.

Because of Guangde Temple, the leader of Buddhism in the southwest, the culture of worshipping Buddhism is strong in Suining, and wealthy and powerful people often invest in building temples in various rural areas.

Most of them are dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The weather has become more abnormal since winter.

There was salt snow falling a few days ago, and today it suddenly started to rain. The sky was gloomy and the bamboo forest seemed to have become dark as well.

Both sides of the official road leading to Suining City are densely packed with ancient trees or bamboo forests. The freezing rain has knocked down the dead leaves, making them sticky all over the ground.

When the cold wind blows, it freezes into a piece again.

Click!Click!
Walk up and make a crisp sound.

Several monks wearing bamboo hats were walking on the official road.

They lined up in a row, with the leader holding a staff and a bowl in his hands, walking silently with his head down.

When they saw pedestrians passing by, they would wait by the roadside and greet them.

This is a wandering monk in Buddhism, and an ascetic monk at that.

They traveled from place to place, carrying only the eighteen belongings of ancient Mahayana monks, namely willow branches, bath beans, three robes, bottles, bowls, staffs, incense burners, and water strainer bags.

People passing by often stop when they see it.

These ascetics are highly respected, but will not accept money or gifts, so passers-by often offer them food such as steamed buns and water.

The ascetic monks would also stop to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.

Soon, the monks arrived outside a teahouse.

The teahouse is quite large. It was built by breaking up a vacant space in a bamboo forest by the roadside. It has a brick and wood structure and is dark in color. There are drafts from all directions after the windows are opened.

The only bright color is the red lantern hanging at the door.

These small teahouses can be found all over Shu, and are even common along the Shu Road, where travelers can rest their heads.

Especially in such a cold day, drinking a cup of hot tea is so comfortable.

The monks had been traveling for a long time, and although they were all in good health, their faces turned blue from the cold.

"Amitabha."

The leading monk came to the outside of the inn, put his hands together and said, "Boss, can I have a cup of hot water?"

The person in charge quickly walked out from behind the counter and said, "Master, what are you talking about? Come in and sit down. Have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

Suining worships Buddhism. If you go to some places, the shopkeeper will just impatiently drive the monks away.

"Thank you very much."

The monks were also very polite. They specifically found the most remote and deserted corner so as not to affect the shopkeeper's business. They only asked for hot water and ate the hard dry food.

The shopkeeper wanted to give him some vegetarian food but he refused it.

Great monk...

The shopkeeper was even more respectful when he saw this.

There were quite a few people gathered in the teahouse.

Because of the Guangde Temple Dharma Assembly, people from all walks of life gathered here from all over the place, and business was much better than usual.

When people were chatting, most of the conversation was about the arrangements for the Dharma Assembly.

Suddenly, someone took two sips of wine and said mysteriously, "Everyone, there is a Dharma Assembly every year, but this year Suining has something else going on!"

"Wang Quezi, don't keep me in suspense. Tell me what you have to say. Once you've said it, I'll pay for your drinks!"

"it is good!"

The speaker was waiting for this sentence, and immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "There will be a big event in the city today."

"Have you heard of Taoist Priest Youji?"

"It seems to be quite famous recently."

"It's more than just famous. It turns out there really are Twelve Yuanchen. And they are the ones who were given a bonus by the Prince of Shu's Mansion before. I heard that they have come to Suining."

"Hahaha, what a joke!"

One of the men said happily: "I heard that many Jianghu veterans have failed. Could it be that someone is still thinking about this bonus?"

"I'm not worried about it."

Wang Quezi drank a sip of wine leisurely, "I just heard that the disciples of those victims have united together and invited the Shuzhong Divine Fist Association to rush to Suining to help them."

"It's not easy to be a dragon crossing the river..."

(End of this chapter)