Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 985: The Sky Tiger Appears
The layout of Qingcheng Mountain originated from Xu Xiao's early ideas.

If the Northern Liang cavalry had been defeated by the Northern Mang, with these 6,000 elite soldiers, Yongzhou would not have been completely defeated without a fight.

Otherwise, if you have the natural barrier but don't defend it, it will be extremely difficult to recapture it.

Another consideration is that if the Northern Liang cavalry was fighting fiercely with the Northern Mang cavalry on the front line, and Gu Jiantang took the opportunity to stab them in the back, they could be defeated by these 6,000 elite armored troops.

However, in recent years, under Xu Xiao's leadership, Beiliang has become stronger day by day.

The three hundred thousand strongest Beiliang cavalry were enough to fight against Beimang alone. In addition, the imperial court, which was planning thousands of miles away, was not overwhelmed by the title of "overachieving the emperor", so Beiliang had completely established its foothold.

This hidden garrison point in Qingcheng Mountain can be regarded as Xu Xiao's backup plan in case of future needs.

Coupled with the arrangements made by the Supreme Pillar State at Jiange in the east, even if the situation collapsed, the 300,000 cavalry of Beiliang would be completely wiped out.

With these six thousand soldiers and armored personnel, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can pass through Jiange and enter the Western Regions.

Li Yangchao will no longer be able to control Xu Fengnian, and at least the Xu family will not end up in ruins.

Over the years, Zhao Yutai has transformed into a female Taoist priest with an iron crown.

Not only did he complete the "Lingbao Sutra" for King Qingcheng, he also created the famous Shenxiao Sword Formation.

It was so that one day I could do more for Xu and my deceased lady.

During Xu Fengnian's trip to Qingcheng Mountain, he not only received instruction from Zhao Yucheng, a famous swordsman, but also established the fifty first moves as his own path in martial arts.

He also got his biological mother's sword and a pair of tiger-shaped Kui, which was a great harvest.

The so-called fifty first moves means that Xu Fengnian uses his extraordinary memory to pick out the most essential one or two moves from each of the thousands of secret books, just like his Dahuangting cultivation, and gradually turns them into his own, blending the essence of his ancestors into one, and then going to fight against others. With fifty first moves, each move is as unnoticeable as an antelope hanging on a horn, and will surely be unexpected and hard to defend against.

The sword she wears is called Daliang Longque. It is the sword that made all the heroes in the world bow their heads after the princess fled to the Wu family sword tomb.

Zhao Yutai gave this sword to Xu Fengnian in the hope that he could find a beautiful companion like a princess who could hold a sword for him, and then he could use the sword as a betrothal gift.

The Hu Kui is a strange beast. It has one horn and four legs when it is young, and two horns and six legs when it is an adult. Its body is covered with black scales. Once it gets angry, its whole body turns red and it is extremely ferocious.

In recent years, due to pregnancy, her appetite has increased and her ferocity has only increased.

Zhao Yu originally wanted to kill this strange beast, but he didn't expect that even his weapon, the Qinggang Sword, was bitten off by it, so he couldn't do anything to it.

But Hu Kui could not do anything to Zhao Yucheng, so the two sides lived in peace.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Fengnian visited Qingcheng, Hu Kui encountered a powerful enemy and fought with him. He was seriously injured and died soon.

Xu Fengnian used the blade of Spring Thunder Blade to cut open the belly of the tiger Kui and rescued the cub inside.

Xu Fengnian named the two strange beasts "Vajra" and "Bodhisattva" respectively.

After letting the two cubs see their mother for the last time, Xu Fengnian officially took the two exotic beasts to his side.

While Xu Fengnian was reaping a rich harvest, bad news came from Wudang Mountain.

Wudang headmaster Wang Chonglou passed away at Little Lotus Peak.

The successor is Hong Xixiang, the youngest uncle-master of Wudang, who is less than 30 years old.

What shocked the martial artists even more was that Hong Xixiang, who had never practiced martial arts and only knew how to comprehend the way of heaven, entered the celestial realm in one step on the Little Lotus Flower Peak.

Here, Xu Fengnian and his party left Qingcheng Mountain, chartered four large boats, and sailed down the Yanzi River.

We passed an area with fast-flowing water, numerous reefs, and steep cliffs on both sides.

Even though she was sitting on a large ship, the shaking of the ship still frightened Yu Youwei so much that her face turned pale. She saw a small boat going upstream on the river, about to collide with the large ship led by Xu Fengnian's fleet and led by Ning Emei.

The person leading the boat was a young man dressed as a scholar in a blue shirt.

He was seen holding a bamboo pole and inserting it into the bottom of the ship.

A dark green bamboo pole, bent into a half-moon arc.

At one end, the boat stood firm.

On the other side, the big ship was about to be turned upside down by the bamboo poles!
Just as Ning Emei and others on the boat were unable to react in time, the ship was about to capsize and fall into the water.

A sword energy came from the sky and hit the center of the bamboo pole with incredible precision.

"Snap!" The bamboo pole broke instantly.

The big ship that Ning Emei and others were on was safe and sound.

The man in green obviously did not expect someone to interfere, and looked in the direction of the sword energy.

I saw a man standing on the cliff, wearing a white tiger-patterned cloak and with a strange tiger mark on his face.

Press the sword with your right hand and extend it half an inch.

It was obvious that this person was the one who had just released the sword energy and saved Ning Emei and others.

"Tianhu Order?" The young man recognized the origin of the person who drew the sword at a glance.

Because the Tianhu Order was also one of his goals for this trip south.

After a brief glance at each other, the young man's boat went down the river and disappeared in front of everyone.

After the young man left, Tianhu Ling's figure disappeared on the cliff.

After this incident, Xu Fengnian and his entourage became more cautious.

The Dongling Gorge that follows is even more thrilling than the previous river beach, with steep peaks and rugged rocks, a narrow river, twists and turns, and majestic momentum.

Fortunately, Xu Fengnian was willing to spend money, and the boatmen on the four large ships were also experienced.

In the turbulent water, we brushed past the reefs again and again, which was thrilling.

Only the large ship that Ning Emei was on hit a reef, but fortunately everyone was safe and were transferred safely to three other ships.

When the boat safely docked, Li Chungang appeared from nowhere and said with a smile: "Boy, you are really good at controlling people's hearts. If I didn't know that the blue-shirted scholar and the tiger-striped swordsman were not your men, I would have suspected that you arranged them."

Xu Fengnian said unhappily, "I'm not that generous. I can't afford the sword crown and the Heavenly Tiger Order from the Sword Tomb of this generation."

The old man in sheepskin touched his chin and said, "Boy, you are quite knowledgeable. You have even heard of the contemporary sword crown of Jianzhong."

"I don't know Wu Liuding, but I know the Tianhu Order that is listed alongside him." Xu Fengnian said in confusion, "But I don't understand how the Tianhu Order and Wu Liuding can appear here at the same time."

Li Chungang laughed and said, "I just praised you for being smart, why are you being stupid again now? When people in the martial arts world travel around the martial arts world, what they earn is just a name. Since you said that the two of them are tied, then they may want to find a name to compete with each other to see who is better."

The implication is that the previous fight was just a challenge between the two.

Li Chungang commented on the two, "As the sword champion of this generation of Wu family sword tomb, Wu Liuding has taken the sword path that those old stubborn people are not willing to take. In the future, his achievements will be higher than those of the previous generations of sword champions, provided that he can pass the two tests of Dongyue Sword Pool and Deng Tai'a. If he passes them, it will not be difficult to enter the celestial phenomena from the finger-pointing. If he fails to pass them, his withered sword will really be a withered sword."

"What amazes me is the swordsman you call Tianhu Ling. His swordsmanship does not belong to any school in the world. He has formed his own school."

(End of this chapter)