Eternal Sword

Chapter 368 The driving force behind the scenes
Dongshan Jiange is located in Kuaiji County.

Kuaiji County fell, the son-in-law was killed, even the daughter was captured, and the grandson and granddaughter were missing, but the Jian Sect did not show up. I'm afraid there must be something wrong behind this.

No matter how peaceful the Sword Sect is, it cannot sit idly by when its relatives are captured and its descendants go missing.

The news that Jian Zong was still seriously injured and had not recovered spread quickly, which was understandable.

Chen Tang asked: "What is the relationship between the Xuantian Sect of Nanxia and the Xuantian Sect of Qian Kingdom?"

"Hard to say."

Mingyue Sanren pondered and said, "As far as I know, both the southern and northern Xuantian sects practice the mysterious arts of the Xuanmen, and both worship the Xuantian Immortal Venerable. There is no subordinate relationship between them. The leader of the southern Xuantian sect is known as the 'Wind Master' Du Ling, and the deputy leader is known as the 'Thunder God' Sun Jing. The mysterious arts they learned came from two heavenly books."

"Book of Heaven?"

Chen Tang was puzzled.

Mingyue Sanren explained: "It is said that a hundred years ago, several heavenly books were scattered in the world and obtained by several people. Emperor Qianyuan was able to rise from obscurity because of this reason, and Xuantian Sect also appeared at that time."

"In addition to Emperor Qianyuan, the leader of Beixuantian and the two guardians each received one copy. On the Nanxuantian side, Wind Master and Thunder Master each received one copy."

Chen Tang asked: "So, the mysterious arts were passed down from a few heavenly books?"

"good."

Mingyue Sanren said: "Originally, there is no Xuanmen inheritance in the world. According to your majesty, the heavenly book should be something from outside the domain."

Chen Tang suddenly thought of something and asked, "So, Emperor Qianyuan should be related to Xuantian Sect."

Mingyue Sanren nodded and said, "He is originally from Xuantian Sect."

Chen Tang suddenly realized.

No wonder the Xuantian Sect was so powerful and influential in the Qian Kingdom, but during the reign of Emperor Qianyuan, there was no news of any major conflict between imperial power and divine power.

It turns out that Emperor Qianyuan was originally a member of the Xuantian Sect.

"Thunder Gongsun Jing..."

Chen Tang's heart moved and he murmured softly.

Qing Mu once mentioned to him that there are only a few masters with talent in thunder, and even in the Xuantian Sect of Qian Kingdom, no one could guide Zhiwei, so Zhiwei was sent to Nanxia to learn thunder magic.

In this case, Zhiwei is very likely to be practicing under the tutelage of Lei Gongsun Jing.

Chen Tang asked, "The daughter of the Sword Sect was captured by the Xuantian Sect. What happened next?"

"This Ye Taoyuan is worthy of being a descendant of a famous family. She is truly a heroine and has never disgraced the name of the Sword Sect. On that day of the battle, after sending her children on board, she led the maids around her and fought with the Xuantian Sect members in the city. She killed countless bandits and never retreated until she was exhausted before being captured."

Mingyue Sanren said, "It is said that after the city was captured that day, Xuantian Sect wanted to massacre the entire city. After Ye Taoyuan was captured, he remained fearless and harshly rebuked the Xuantian Sect's guardians, saying, 'This is your grudge with the Ye family and the Shen family. What does it have to do with others? If you want to kill, kill me first!'"

Chen Tang stood in awe and said, "This person is determined to die."

"good."

Mingyue Sanren said: "It is said that even the Xuantian Sect's guardian at the time was impressed by her courage and not only did he not kill her, he also sent her back to Dongshan Sword Pavilion intact."

Chen Tang disagreed.

How could one suddenly feel admiration for this group of Xuantian sect members who broke into cities, killed people, burned, and looted without any scruples?
Mingyue Sanren seemed to see what Chen Tang was thinking and said, "Of course, some people also say that Xuantian Sect is afraid of the reputation of the Sword Sect after all, so they dare not go too far."

"Even if Jian Zong is seriously injured and has not recovered, his power is still there. No one dares to imagine what the consequences will be once the sword leaves Dongshan."

The Sword Sect's only two actions not only changed the situation in the Southern Xia Dynasty, but also changed the situation in the world.

No one wanted to provoke this great master out of seclusion.

Chen Tang had a rough idea of ​​the situation in the court and martial arts circles of Nanxia, ​​so he asked, "Senior, what did you just say that the mission of the Hermit Continent is related to the martial arts circles of Nanxia?"

Mingyue Sanren continued, "The Dongyi tribe and Nanxuantian have joined forces to secretly send the hermits trained on the island to Nanxia to carry out a series of assassination missions against major gangs and sects in the martial arts world, in order to provoke hatred among the martial arts forces."

"Why is this?"

Chen Tang frowned and said, "Nan Xuantian is already not tolerated by the Southern Xia court, and he wants to offend the Southern Xia martial arts world. Isn't this courting his own destruction?"

Mingyue Sanren said: "In the martial arts world of Nanxia, ​​there are many major gangs and sects scattered across the six states, like a pile of loose sand. No gang or sect can fight against Xuantian Sect. Only by gathering and integrating the major forces in the martial arts world of Nanxia and forming an alliance can we compete with Xuantian Sect."

Chen Tang vaguely guessed the Dongyi tribe's purpose and said, "The Dongyi tribe and Xuantian Sect want to promote the Nanxia martial arts world to form an alliance?"

"good."

Mingyue Sanren nodded and said, "Normally, apart from Dongshan Sword Pavilion, no other sect in the martial arts world has such appeal. But as the major gangs, and even the leaders of the major gangs, have been assassinated repeatedly, it has driven the Nanxia martial arts world to form an alliance."

Chen Tang suddenly realized, and said: "Alliance is not the goal, mastering the power of Nanxia Wulin is the ultimate goal!"

Back then, when Ye Xuan went down the mountain, he used the help of the Southern Xia martial arts world to recruit gangsters and formed a Northern Expedition Army to confront the Wu Dynasty army head-on. It is still the most powerful army of the Southern Xia court.

If we can get the Nanxia martial arts world to form an alliance and then gain control of this power, we can shake the Nanxia empire!

As for whether the alliance will be followed by an attack on the Xuantian Sect or any other subsequent actions, many gangs and sects that have joined the alliance have no choice.

"clever."

Mingyue Sanren praised him and said, "Normally speaking, when the Nanxia martial arts world joins together to form an alliance, there is no other choice for the position of leader of the martial arts world except Jian Zong. But Jian Zong is indifferent to fame and gain, he is old, and he may not have recovered from his injuries, so it is impossible for him to get involved."

"But what about Ye Xuan?" Chen Tang asked.

"Ye Xuan is naturally one of the candidates. He has good family background, reputation, and strength."

Mingyue Sanren said: "But firstly, he has not yet reached the level of the Sword Sect, where he can completely convince everyone just by showing up; secondly, the Ye Clan of the Sword Pavilion has always been low-key, and Ye Xuan may not show up to compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts world."

Chen Tang suddenly thought of a terrible guess and said, "If this martial arts leader controls the power of the Nanxia martial arts world and joins forces with a strong man who controls the military power in the Nanxia court, who in Nanxia can be their opponent?"

According to Mingyue Sanren's narration, the situation of Southern Xia over the past hundred years has basically been one in which imperial power, aristocratic families, and the martial arts world have checked and balanced each other, maintaining a delicate balance.

The decline of imperial power is considered normal.

The martial arts world is a mess, and as long as they don't form an alliance, they won't pose much of a threat.

This balance was always maintained in the past few years in Nanxia.

Until Han Wen appeared, the balance was completely broken. He arbitrarily deposed and enthroned the emperor, preparing to overthrow Nanxia and take its place.

At this time, the martial arts forces represented by Dongshan Jiange intervened, and the Sword Sect took action, forcing Han Wen to withdraw his troops and die of illness, thus restoring the balance of the situation in Southern Xia.

When facing foreign enemies, Emperor Wu marched south, and the three forces of Southern Xia joined forces to win the battle.

But now, under the impetus of the Dongyi tribe and the Xuantian Sect, the Nanxia martial arts world is about to unite again and form an alliance to form a force.

No matter whether it is the imperial power or the aristocratic family, whoever controls this power will completely break the balance between the three!

Or maybe the person who controls the power of the martial arts world has greater ambitions.

Mingyue Sanren said: "The various parties in the Nanxia martial arts world have joined forces with the major gangs and sects in the name of attacking the Xuantian Sect. This reason is hard to refuse. Moreover, under the assassination of the Dongyi hermit, everyone is in danger, and all forces will gather to respond."

"But no one could have imagined that forcing the martial arts world to form an alliance was the original purpose of the Dongyi tribe and the Xuantian sect."

Chen Tang said: "That is to say, someone has teamed up with the Dongyi tribe and Xuantian Sect to secretly add fuel to the flames!"

"good."

Mingyue Sanren groaned, "But I don't know who this person is. I'm afraid only the Hidden Sect knows. This person could be someone from the martial arts world, someone from the court, a powerful minister or even Emperor Xia himself."

Chen Tang said: "But no matter who it is, whoever can become the leader of the martial arts world and take charge of the Nanxia martial arts world and benefit in the end, may be the driving force behind this."

"exactly."

Mingyue Sanren nodded.

Although Chen Tang roughly understood the calculations behind this, receiving such a large amount of information in a short period of time still gave him a headache.

The Southern Xia royal family, the powerful clans, and the martial arts world, it seemed that everyone had a reason to join forces with the Dongyi tribe and the Xuantian sect.

The originally clear pattern of Southern Xia gradually became blurred.

Forget it. I don't want to think about it anymore. Chen Tang shook his head.

This kind of mess has nothing to do with him for now, so let them do whatever they want.

I'll find a chance to remind Ye Yushi.

After all, there is no evidence for this kind of thing.

Even if Ye Yushi trusted him, no one would believe him if he went to Nanxia and told others about it. Others would just think he was a lunatic.

The two chatted for a long time, and dawn had already broken.

Mingyue Sanren looked at Chen Tang and A Li and said, "You two should go now. I don't know if we will have the chance to meet again in the future. If you see His Majesty, tell him about my recent situation..."

After saying that, Mingyue Sanren turned around and jumped off the ship. His body was like a wild goose, crossing the Tianhu River, turning into a black dot, and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Chen Tang turned around, looked straight at A Li, and suddenly asked, "You didn't continue to assassinate me later. Was it because of Senior Mingyue's order?"

Ali didn't understand, but nodded anyway.

Chen Tang sighed and said, "I originally thought that you were touched by my careful feeding along the way, but I didn't expect..."

He was just being too sentimental.

Ali lowered his head, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

"Let's go."

Chen Tang said: "From now on, you will follow me."

Ali followed and walked a few steps, then stopped, shook his head, and gestured on his face a few times.

"Do you want to put on makeup first?"

Chen Tang asked.

Ali nodded.

"Don't bother with that. It's so uncomfortable to wear a human skin mask all day long."

Chen Tang said, "There aren't many people on the boat. It will probably take half a year to get to Nanxia. During this half year, you should follow me and eat well. Eat until you are fat and round. I guarantee that no one will recognize you."

Ali found what Chen Tang said funny.

She doesn't want anything fat or round.

The changes in her body shape and weight, her body movements, attack habits, etc. all require her to get familiar with them again and practice them again.

The Hermit's brutal training did not allow her to make such changes.

Ali shook his head.

"Senior Mingyue said that I would ask you to listen to me from now on, but you stopped listening the moment he left."

Chen Tang deliberately frowned and said, "From now on, eat more meat and vegetables. You kids don't eat well. From now on, you are no longer a hermit when you are by my side. Do you understand?"

Chen Tang couldn't help but think of Zhiwei, who also looked thin and weak.

Zhiwei’s experience was already very bitter.

But compared to Ali, I don’t know how much luckier I am.

"I'm not a hermit?"

When Ali heard this, a trace of confusion suddenly flashed in his eyes.

From the moment she was born, she was born to be a hermit and to exist to kill people.

If she is not a hermit, then what is she?

Following Chen Tang... well, just be a maid. There are always all kinds of maids serving those young masters and ladies.

Ali thought so.

Chen Tang brought A Li back to the cabin and went to say hello to Ye Yushi first.

Ye Yushi knew that Chen Tang might be having a secret conversation with someone, so he never came to see him during this period.

At this moment, the ship has left the estuary of Tianhu River.

The captain directed his men to raise the sails, use the wind to adjust the direction, and head west.

After doing all this, the captain looked back.

Behind them, several small boats were hanging in the distance.

The boat was long and narrow, and extremely agile. It was rowed by many people and with the help of the current of Tianhu River, it went at an extremely fast speed and actually caught up with them!

Fortunately, after entering the sea, this small boat has no sails to help it catch up with their ship.

But before entering the sea, everyone on the boat went ashore.

The estuary of Tianhu River is adjacent to Sichuan West Kingdom on one side and Yueye Kingdom on the other!

After everyone got ashore, they rushed straight to several ships of Yue Ye Kingdom docked at the port.

Lao Lu's heart sank.

He ordered his men to sail at full speed, then turned around and went into the cabin, found Chen Tang and the other man, and told them about the situation outside.

"Can I catch up?"

Chen Tang asked with a frown.

The Yue Ye clan will definitely not let it go after Yue Ye Bing Wei's death, but they didn't expect that the other party would come so quickly!
"Hard to say."

Lao Lu said in a deep voice: "If we just rely on pursuit, we may not be able to catch up, but if there are experts on the other side's ship, we can cross the ship and board. Moreover, there are warships docked at the port of Yueye Country, with various long crossbows, gunpowder and other weapons. As long as we reach a certain distance, we can launch an attack!"

"Boss, it's bad, there are ships chasing us from the north!"

Just then, a crew member ran in in a panic, looking terrified.

"To the north, a ship from the North Sea Kingdom?"

Lao Lu asked with a frown.

The crew member nodded repeatedly and said stutteringly: "Okay, it seems that there is a mysterious master who can control the strong wind. With the help of the wind, the speed of the other party's ship is very fast..."

Lao Lu looked unhappy.

No matter how much experience he had in sailing at sea, he couldn't withstand such a situation.

"Don't worry, just sail at full speed."

Chen Tang patted Lao Lu on the shoulder and said, "If things can't be done, I will never implicate you."

Lao Lu just thought that Chen Tang was comforting him, so he sighed and didn't think much about it.

"Whatever plans we have, let's do it together."

Seeing Chen Tang walking outside, Ye Yushi followed him.

The two of them have been through so much along the way that they have shared life and death together.

"No need."

Chen Tang smiled and said, "Just stay on the boat. You really can't help with this."

After saying that, Chen Tang walked out of the cabin, came to the bow, turned over and jumped into the sea, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

(End of this chapter)