Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 135: Battle of the Full Moon, Secret of Immortality
At the foot of Mount Zhongnan.

"When you get to the capital, be careful. There are countless high-ranking officials there, and you must not offend them easily."

Yue Buqun instructed.

Yue Lingshan said, "I understand, Dad. Please stop nagging."

"Alright," Yue Buqun clasped his fists and said to Wu Feng, "If my daughter gets into trouble, I hope you can help me."

"Of course!" Wu Feng nodded.

When everyone heard that Ye Gucheng was going to have a decisive battle with Ximen Chuxue, they became interested. So this time when the four great detectives returned to the capital, not only Yang Guo and his party, but also Yue Lingshan and Linghu Chong were very interested and naturally went together.

After saying goodbye, everyone slowly left.

Yue Buqun sighed and said to Ning Zhongze, "Looking at this group of young people, I always feel that I am getting old."

"If my senior brother is old, then I am also old, right?"

"Aren't you old now?"

"If I'm old, wouldn't Senior Sister Liu be old too? I'll go tell her right now!"

"Hey, Junior Sister, don't!"

Although he knew that Ning Zhongze was deliberately comforting him, Yue Buqun still laughed.

The couple turned and headed back to the mountain.

But Ning Zhongze didn't know that her husband, who was traveling with her, was feeling more than just a sense of aging at the moment.

At the same time, there is also the regret that I have accomplished almost nothing.

In terms of career, his faction has few members and even fewer experts.

In terms of cultivation, he is still at the innate level at his age. On the other hand, Liu Yuru is much younger than him and is about the same age as Ning Zhongze, but she is already a master.

Not to mention the Four Great Constables and Yang Guo.

It's the past, there's nothing he can do to change the situation.

And now, he seems to have...

cracking!
A majestic cry was heard.

Guo Fu couldn't help but look up and asked, "Is it my eagle?"

Yang Guo shook his head: "No, Uncle Guo's eagle's cry is even clearer."

But he also looked up at the sky, and saw a big eagle screaming in the clear sky and suddenly swooping down.

"Huh? It's flying towards us? Could it really be Uncle Guo's eagle?"

Wu Feng couldn't help but be curious when he heard this: "I've heard that Uncle Guo raised two magical eagles. Could that be one of them?"

But they saw the eagle coming down, lower and lower, and its target landing point was very obvious, but it was not where they were, but the intersection of the town.

The Ice Soul Sword was stuck there.

No one was trying out the sword at this time, but there were still many figures lingering around, waiting for people to try out their swords and watching for fun.

Suddenly the eagle landed, leaving everyone stunned.

The eagle grabbed the hilt of the Ice Soul Sword with one claw and flew into the air with its wings spread.

"..."

"Fuck!!!"

"Sword! Ice Soul Sword! Bird! It was captured by the bird!"

"Damn bird!"

"No! The Ice Soul Sword weighs a thousand pounds. How could that bird possibly have snatched it away?"

"Could it be... Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The whole town was in a panic.

Yang Guo and the others were also extremely shocked: "How is this possible! Could it be that the bird has gained the sword's recognition? I actually lost to a bird?!"

"Hahaha……"

The appearance of the Ice Soul Sword was accompanied by the conflict between the Sun and Moon Sect and Quanzhen. Thousands of people became extras for its appearance, and conspiracy and intrigue became the background.

The Bingpo Sword itself attracted countless people to come and test it out.

In this way, within a very short period of time, this Ice Soul Sword has become the top sword in the entire martial arts world.

If Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuxue hadn't suddenly jumped out to grab the hot search, the Bingpo Sword would probably still be a hot topic in the entire martial arts world.

However, things have already happened, so there should naturally be an end.

A huge eagle suddenly appeared and took away the Ice Soul Sword.

This adds a touch of mystery and wonder to the ending of the story.

Where will this sword be taken?

When will it be released next time?
No one knows.

In comparison, the world of martial arts is more concerned about Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuxue, and who will be the winner of the duel.

At this time, the capital city was already in a bustling atmosphere.

I don’t know how many swordsmen came from all directions, waiting to watch this battle.

Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuxue are the most famous swordsmen of the younger generation and can be considered top-notch.

The duel between the two will naturally attract endless attention.

Previously, at the gathering at the foot of Wudang Mountain, what Lu Xiaofeng said had spread throughout the martial arts world. Everyone knew that the reason why Ximen Chuxue's swordsmanship was regarded as comparable to that of a grandmaster was precisely because his swordsmanship had already demonstrated the embryonic form of martial arts.

After Zhang Sanfeng's preaching, most people in the martial arts world now have a clearer understanding of the path of martial arts, and naturally understand the power of this so-called embryonic form of martial arts.

To some extent, it is equivalent to a through train to the Grand Master realm.

Ximen Chuxue became famous because of this.

But not long after, someone pointed out that the swordsmanship of Ye Gucheng, the Lord of Baiyun City, was also the embryonic form of martial arts.

Since then, the question of who is stronger between the two has repeatedly caused controversy in the martial arts world.

Now, the decisive battle between these two people can be said to be a duel between two future grandmasters to a certain extent.

This duel was initiated by Ye Gucheng.

On the night of the full moon, on the top of Purple Gold.

A sword coming from the west, flying immortals from the sky.

Ye Gucheng's invitation to fight had already specified the time and place, which was the night of August 15th, the decisive battle at the top of Zijin Mountain.

Among them, Purple Gold Mountain is located outside the city of Jinling.

In this world, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is Nanjing.

Therefore, all the people in the martial arts world who wanted to watch this battle naturally gathered in the capital, waiting for the arrival of August 15th.

Speculations about who would win and who would lose became the focus of discussion among countless people in the capital.

In Pei's house, Li Mochou was also very interested in this matter.

"Changping, who do you think will win between Ximen Chuxue and Ye Gucheng?"

"We'll know on August 16th." Zhou Ming replied indifferently.

"You don't seem interested?"

“Do I need to be interested?”

Zhou Ming was speechless. Knowing the plot, he naturally understood that this duel would not happen at all.

Ximen Chuxue, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, had previously hooked up with Sun Xiuqing, one of the Three Heroes and Four Beauties of the Emei Sect. Now Sun Xiuqing is pregnant.

Ximen Chuxue wanted to accompany Sun Xiuqing, so he was not prepared to attend this duel at all.

He always does what he wants to do and doesn't care how many people in the world are waiting for this duel.

But Ye Gucheng had other plans.

Today's duel invitation is just the foreplay of a conspiracy and has not even reached the point.

Even if Ximen Chuixue came, Ye Gucheng would find a way to postpone the duel and replace it with the time required by the plan. Therefore, the duel on August 15th would not be fought at all.

Zhou Ming was naturally not interested in a duel that could not be fought at all.

If he had that much time, he would naturally study something that interested him.

For example, this strange scroll in your hand is woven from black gold threads.

Seeing this, Li Mochou also leaned over to take a look out of curiosity.

There were countless characters densely written on the golden scroll, each of which was strange in shape, looking like a word but not quite. Li Mochou felt dizzy.

He quickly shook his head and looked to the side, and then he felt a little better.

"What the hell are you looking at? It's a mess!"

"Haha, this is a secret manual passed down from ancient times."

"What secret book? Could it be a heavenly book?"

Li Mochou laughed and said that the heavenly book mentioned here was naturally just a vague and derogatory term.

"It's okay to call it a heavenly book." Zhou Ming said, "If you can't understand it, you can only blame yourself for not having a connection with this book."

"I don't even care about this fate!"

Li Mochou curled her lips and walked to the side, just in time to see Xiaolongnu standing on the ground in a white dress, looking up at the calico cat lazily basking in the sun on the eaves, and then she used her lightness skills to jump onto the roof.

"Junior sister, I'll catch it for you!"

"Meow!!"

For a moment, people were running around and cats were jumping around, it was very lively.

"You've missed a great opportunity!"

Zhou Ming muttered and continued to study the golden thread scroll in his hand.

What he said was not false at all. This scroll was indeed an unparalleled secret book that had been passed down from ancient times thousands of years ago to the present day.

The Secret of Immortality!

The author of this skill is Guangchengzi, the teacher of Emperor Huang!

Legend has it that this technique can make people live longer and longer.

However, this method is written in ancient oracle bone script. The full text contains more than 7,000 strange characters, but countless researchers throughout the ages have only been able to decipher more than 3,000 of them. This shows the mystery of this secret of longevity.

Fortunately, in addition to the text, there are seven diagrams of the human meridians that can guide practice.

However, because no one has ever succeeded in practicing it for countless years, whether the secret of immortality can make people immortal remains a mystery. Some people believe it, while others do not believe it at all.

Shi Long, a master martial artist from Yangzhou in the Sui Dynasty, was the one who believed in it.

Ever since he got the secret of longevity by chance three years ago, he has been studying it in seclusion.

But not long ago, Zhou Ming's projection rushed to Yangzhou in the Sui Dynasty, found Shi Long, and tried to leave a mark on him.

After Shilong fell asleep, he projected himself out through the mark on his body, stole the secret of immortality, and used the mechanism Suzaku to deliver it to his original body.

The two places are far apart, and even the Mechanical Suzaku cannot deliver it in a short time.

After Shi Long woke up, he found that the Secret of Immortality was missing, and he used all his strength to look for it. It was not until a few days later that the mechanism Suzaku delivered the Secret of Immortality to Zhou Ming. Zhou Ming then projected a copy of the Secret of Immortality through the mark and returned it to Shi Long.

Shi Long was overjoyed to get his lost item back.

However, he didn't realize that his action of sending people to search would inevitably leak the news.

More than ten years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty sent people to investigate openly and secretly in search of the secret of immortality, but he never found it.

This time, he got the news and immediately sent his subordinate Yu Wenhuaji to Yangzhou to get the secret of immortality.

"Immortality? How is that possible? Yang Guang must be crazy to believe such a thing!"

Yu Wenzhi scoffed at this martial art that had been passed down for thousands of years but no one had been able to master, but since the emperor had given the order, he naturally had no choice but to do it.

It just so happens that he can use this opportunity to carry out his own plan.

Countless years ago, the land of Sui was a powerful country called "Han".

But at the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was divided into three parts and unified under the Jin Dynasty, which then split into north and south. For a long time, the south and the north each experienced a change of dynasties.

Before the Sui Dynasty, the Yuwen family was the ruler of the north, but Yang Jian was so powerful that he forced the Yuwen family to abdicate and lost their original status.

Yang Jian was a great man of his time. He established the Sui Dynasty, unified the north, and then destroyed the southern kingdom, restoring this divided land to its former glory.

The Yuwen family lost the throne. Although they survived because of their deep-rooted and powerful forces, they were naturally unwilling to submit. Yuwen Huaji had always wanted to kill Yang Guang and regain the throne... no, it should be called the throne now!

"The Secret of Immortality? Haha, if it weren't for the special materials used in the Secret of Immortality, I would have made dozens of copies right now. Then, I'll see if you, Yang Guang, will die after practicing it!"

Yu Wenhua and Xindao.

This was his plan. After getting the secret of immortality, he would directly imitate a fake one and give it to Yang Guang, causing him to go insane and die!

Yang Guang had been searching for the secret of immortality for more than ten years, and he had been prepared to do this for a long time.

However, the secret of immortality is woven with black gold silk thread, which is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is not susceptible to water or fire. It is really difficult to imitate, so the plan has not been implemented.

To some extent, Yang Guang can be considered immortal because of the secret of immortality... Living for more than ten years longer, how can that not be considered immortality?
Yu Wenzhi himself was in a high position of power and was a member of the Yuwen clan. He came with his troops and had the emperor's order. How could a mere local tyrant from Yangzhou resist him?

But Shi Long was a master after all, and he escaped despite his desperate efforts. He came to his good friend Tian Wen's house and entrusted the secret of immortality to Tian Wen before he died.

Tian Wen hid his friend's body in the well, put the secret of immortality in his purse, hid the purse behind his waist, and left home pretending to be out for a walk.

But Yu Wenzhi also reacted in time and had already blocked the entire Yangzhou city.

When Tian Wen arrived at the city gate, he was shocked by what he saw and quickly turned around to leave.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Yu Wenzhi laughed and said, "Isn't this Mr. Tian Wen, famous for his poetry and prose? Mr. Tian, ​​where are you going in such a hurry?"

Tian Wen's face turned pale instantly, and he instinctively touched his lower back, but his expression changed again.

"Humph!"

Yu Wenzhi snorted coldly and directly pried his hand over to take a look. There was a cut on the back of his clothes, and there was nothing inside.

"...Don't tell me...your purse was stolen..."

Tian Wen broke out in a cold sweat: "It seems...it seems to be like this..."

A court minister.

A literary master.

Relatively speechless for a while.

But they could both understand the speechless feeling in each other's hearts.

After a moment, Yu Wenzhi's face darkened as he shouted, "Bring all the thieves and ruffians in Yangzhou City, including their superiors and subordinates, to me!"

"Yes!"

On this day, these rats hiding in the sewers finally understood who was the master of Yangzhou City.

However, if we want to find out who stole the secret of immortality, we still need Tian Wen to point it out.

Tian Wen was just a scholar, and his psychological quality was not up to standard. There was no need for cruel torture. After just a few whippings, he confessed and said that there were indeed two gangsters who had bumped into him.

It was probably at that time that Kuaishou stole the purse.

His memory was good, so he briefly described the two people's appearance.

There are experts in drawing shadows and graphics who draw portraits according to the description.

Among the many gang leaders, a man known as 'Boss Yan' quickly raised his hand and said, "I know these two people. They are my men. I know where they live!"

"Alright! If you can find these two and bring back what the higher-ups want, there will be a huge reward!"

The interrogator said coldly, "But if we can't find it..."

Boss Yan said hurriedly: "Of course... we can find it!"

"What are the names of these two people?"

"Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling!"

　On the 29th day of the lunar year, I wish you all a safe New Year’s Eve and a happy New Year!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)