Volume 1 Wisdom in the Capital Eleventh, by the Taihu Lake
In the "Junxing" inn in Wucheng County, Zhu Wuneng fell asleep after he was full. Shu Hentian used bone correction techniques to cleanse the white fox, carefully tied its wounded legs with a few peach wood branches and a piece of red silk thread, and fed some medicine. Seeing that the white fox was already asleep, Shu Hentian called Xu Wubing to his room and asked:
"Do you know why we were rushing to leave that 'Juyinglou' today?"
Xu Wubing said: "Aren't you afraid that the shopkeeper and others in the store will find clues, and that they will report to the official?"
Shu Hentian snorted coldly, "What a good thing! I saw Wang Xingmin, the 'one leg sweeping the eight deserts', right next to him. This old man had good skills in his legs. Four years ago, I was watching a show in Cangzhou. When he saw four disciples from the Fire Hall teased women in the street, the old man hated those lewd and despicable people the most in his life. At that time, he kicked the legs of the two, cut the face of one person. Another was seriously injured. My palm shocked my heart veins and probably lived for two months. The old man Wang hated me to hurt his disciples and asked me to fight at Heihu Cliff in three days. That night, I fought with him for more than a thousand rounds on Heihu Cliff that night. I was afraid that his disciples would come up and attack, so I used light skills to escape overnight. Four years passed. I didn't expect to meet him again in this small town in Jiangnan today."
Xu Wubing said: "Then why didn't Wang Xingmin take action today?"
Shu Hentian said: "Yes, I think his mind must be at tonight's monster hunting conference. He can't get a reputation of "blaming the elderly by relying on the public." After the conference, he will come to find my bad luck. Hehe! Why wait until tomorrow? I will disturb your conference tonight!"
Xu Wubing said: "What does the Book Fairy mean?"
Shu Hentiandao: "Tonight's monster hunting conference on the banks of Taihu Lake, these hundreds of people must discuss the selection of a monster hunting leader. We are lurking in secret and waiting for an opportunity to destroy it. If necessary, I will help you take the position of the leader."
Xu Wubing quickly waved his hand and said, "This is not possible! I don't know martial arts first, but I don't know the Taoist Dharma. How can I be the leader of the demon hunting alliance?"
Shu Hentian smiled and said, "What is the leader of the demon hunting? Don't take it too seriously. Those people are fighting for the position of leader just to take the opportunity to command the southern martial arts world. There are many merchants here and there, and the fish and rice are abundant. If they can be under their control, it will be of great benefit. As for the monster hunting, it is just a name, and I am afraid that no one knows where the demon is."
Xu Wubing still shook his head and said, "That's not possible. Wubing still has important things to do, and he really doesn't want to cause any trouble. Whether it's the leader of the demon hunting alliance or the leader of the martial arts world, there is no idea at all!"
Shu Hentian stared at Xu Wubing for a long time and finally said, "Then let's go there to see the fun, it's okay!"
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That night, the cool breeze was blowing and summer insects were chirping. Twenty miles north of Wucheng County, a shallow on the bank of Taihu Lake. Three bonfires were lit up, and a bright moon shone brightly in the sky. More than one hundred people caught fire and formed a large circle. Everyone sat on the ground. A simple wooden platform was temporarily set up in the center of the circle. On the wooden platform, an old man in brown robe was talking, and he only heard him say loudly:
"You are all heroes from the Central Plains martial arts world. We gathered together today for one thing - that is to catch monsters and eliminate demons! For more than three months, the pig demon has been moving in the north, from Cangzhou Prefecture, Jizhou Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and Wanping Prefecture. Many brothers on the road have seen the pig demon in person. The brothers followed and searched all the way, but unexpectedly they lost the whereabouts of the monster a month ago. However, three days ago, someone saw the pig demon appearing in Yunzhou Prefecture. May I ask the owner of Fang Er of Hangzhou Fenshui Hall, is this news reliable?"
At this time, a middle-aged man stood up in the southwest corner. He bowed to the old man in brown robe on the stage, then turned around and bowed to everyone beside him, and said slowly: "The tree tiger below, I have seen all the heroes here! Today I have to plan a plan to catch monsters with all the heroes today! It is a blessing for Fang to take over the master of the Lord Wang, the pig demon has indeed appeared in Yunzhou Prefecture. My subordinates from the Fenshui Hall, there is a church member named "Wang Xiaoer". His hometown is in Yunzhou. Three days ago, he went home to visit his father. When he was walking, he missed the stay and stayed in a pavilion at the foot of Zhushan. At night, he happened to see the pig demon passing by Zhushan. At that time, he saw the giant creature and was almost scared to death..."
As soon as the middle-aged man stood up, a young man sitting in the east corner couldn't help but say "huh". This person is not for anyone else. It was Xu Wubing, who had just escaped from Hangzhou Prefecture two days ago and rushed here.
Xu Wubing saw that his benefactor Fang Shuhu was not far away. When he saw that his past benefactor Fang Shuhu was hot, he wanted to get up to pay homage, but was pulled by Shu Hentian. Shuxian said softly: "Don't be busy recognizing each other for now, let's see the situation."
It turned out that the "half-learning Book Fairy" Shu Hentian was annoyed by Wang Xingmin, who was harsh in the daytime, so he insisted on stirring up the "monster hunting conference" to relieve his anger. Shu Hentian prepared a large bamboo basket with cotton wool inside and black cloth covering the outside, and placed the white fox in the basket and carried it on his back. In this way, outsiders only knew it was a basket, but they didn't know what was inside.
Shu Hentian brought Xu Wubing, and Zhu Wuneng came to Taihu Lake at night at the Xu card, but saw a group of heroes gathering around him. The "monster hunting ceremony" had already begun. Shu Hentian and his party casually greeted the people around him, and then picked up a corner of Dongshou to sit.
Next. Since more than 100 martial arts figures come from all over the country, most of them have never seen them before. Although everyone looked at the three old and young, no one was concerned about it.
At this time, Wang Xingmin, the head of the Liehuo Hall on the stage, continued:
"That's it! It is reported that this pig demon is as big as a mountain, with giant teeth like a knife, with sound as thunder and moving as the wind. If this monster walks on the land of our Shenzhou, it will inevitably hurt innocent humans. Since this monster has appeared in the Yunzhou Prefecture recently, we, the Central Plains martial arts heroes gathered here again, naturally, we must think of a complete plan and capture and kill this monster as soon as possible! The way of the world is different, the monsters are different, and the monsters are not eliminated, and disasters are hard to stop. For the current plan, we should..."
Shu Hentian'er heard Wang Xingmin on the stage be righteous and stern, chatting endlessly, and felt annoyed, and suddenly screamed:
"Master Wang! You all heard you say how this 'pig demon' is so harmful. You have summoned all the martial arts JJs tonight and want to get rid of it soon. I wonder if this pig demon has been hurt since he has appeared? Have you ever caused disasters? Have you ever caused disasters?"
Wang Xingmin was arrogant and suddenly asked this question. Until now, he heard how fierce and ugly the pig demon looked. He had never heard of any harm to others. He was speechless for a while but didn't know how to answer.
Everyone in the audience suddenly heard this question and was surprised. Looking to the east, they saw that the person who was talking was an old man with long beard, and most of them didn't recognize him. They all started to talk about it for a while.
There was Liu Chenghe, the head of the Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou Prefecture, who also shook his hand and said, "The Great Heavenly Lord! God has the virtue of being alive. Master Wang, if the pig demon has indeed never hurt anyone, we should not commit murder and abuse! Although the human demon has a different path, the Three Pure Ways may transform their anger and show their good spirits..."
"Yes, yes! What the Taoist priest said is very true! As the saying goes, 'If the demon doesn't offend me, I won't offend me!' If this pig demon doesn't come to hurt people, we may not have to kill him! Besides, this pig demon has a huge body and extraordinary demonic power. Can we mortals kill him?" The person who said this was a short and fat middle-aged man. This person was Pan Mingfang, the leader of the Taihu Gang in Wucheng County, Yunzhou Prefecture. Although the Taihu Gang is located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, there are not many gangs and are not well-known, he controls the north and south waters and lands, and has enjoyed this Taihu Gang for many years.
No one is fighting against the benefits of the water and sky on the south bank of the lake, and life is a happy life. Now, there are suddenly so many heroes from the world, who are secretly trying to establish a leader of the alliance, and they say it is for the purpose of catching the monster, but Pan Mingfang knew that someone must be jealous of his benefits and took the opportunity to seize the territory. He was upset, but he was frightened by Wang Xingmin's power in the fire hall, but he did not dare to openly fight. Now that he saw someone coming to disturb him first, he no longer hesitated and took the opportunity to pick up the chore, intending to make the muddy water even more muddy.
Wang Xingmin glanced at the "one leg swept away the eight wildernesses" and saw that the person who was talking was Shu Hentian, the "half-learning book fairy" who was bickering with him during the day. He was so angry that he thought I wouldn't come to find you, but you dare to come to find me! He was determined to start a sudden attack, but looking at the situation in front of him, everyone in the audience had been irritated by Liu Chenghe and Pan Mingfang, and they were talking a lot. They had to suppress the anger in their hearts and shouted:
"Everyone, just be quiet, let me say a few words!"
When Wang Xingmin talked about the word "jing", he was lucky. He suddenly raised his left foot and stepped forward. He heard the sound of the wooden board under his feet, which was broken into three pieces. This move was called "Step on the Sky", which seemed ordinary, but actually contained Wang Xingmin's extremely powerful leg skills. When this leg was down, the internal force was sufficient and the bottom was progressing layer by layer, and the force was used to hit the force. The wooden board under his feet was not stepped into two sections, but broke into three flat pieces from far to near. Each section was of the same length and the break was neat. Without decades of internal force cultivation, he could not do this at all.
Wang Xingmin showed his unique skill quietly. There were all martial arts practitioners in the audience, so how could anyone not know the goods? Everyone saw the three broken boards slowly falling, and the noisy person was so shocked that he dared not say anything again. I don’t know who shouted “Good Kung Fu!” and cheered loudly for a moment. Wang Xingmin was proud of himself, so he continued the words just now and said loudly:
"Master Liu Guan, Gang Pan, this is a bad word! Although God has the virtue of being alive, the demon is a monster after all. If he does not hurt people today, it is hard to guarantee that he will not hurt people in the future. The demon eats people, and it is a natural law for people to catch monsters! What should I do for the snake? Although the pig demon has not yet been demonic today, it has not hurt people yet. If it is a demonic nature in the future, it will be too cruel to do so. By then, it will be too late for us to regret it!"
Wang Xingmin paused, suddenly turned around again, his eyes were like torches, and he looked at Pan Mingfang, and said, "Gang Master Pan, you said that we mortals cannot kill the pig demon, so I would like to ask Master Pan. According to your opinion, if the pig demon comes to eat people in the future, we mortals will have to obediently tie our hands and wait for the pig demon to come and eat?"
Pan Mingfang was afraid and said unconsciously: "Of course I don't mean that. I mean that we mortals usually only know how to use swords and guns. If we really encounter a pig demon, there is no way to do anything. Even if you, Mr. Wang, have good martial arts skills, can you deal with the pig demon?"
Wang Xingmin laughed and said, "Only by my own strength, I, Wang, can't deal with the pig demon, but there are more than tens of millions of heroes in my martial arts world! Everyone works together to catch monsters. Even if the monster has three heads and six arms, can it still be able to defeat my entire Central Plains martial arts world? So Wang, I, Wang, invited everyone to gather here today, just to discuss the election of a leader to lead everyone together,
Catch demons and eliminate demons and save the people!”
As soon as Wang Xingmin finished speaking, someone from the audience agreed, and one of them said, "Old Master Wang is right! Catching monsters and eliminating demons is what I deserve to do in the martial arts world! We will establish a leader of the demon hunting alliance today, and everyone will follow him in the future!"
Another said: "What Master Wang said is so! What's the terrifying thing about that pig demon? Today we have the leader of the demon hunting alliance. In the future, people from all over the world gather in the martial arts world to catch the demon hunting alliance. Then everyone will go into battle together. No matter how great the pig demon has, everyone will only have to punch it and step on it, and they will not be able to kill it on the spot and step on it into meat pie..."
Shu Hentian, who was in the audience, couldn't help but sneer in his heart as he heard the words of these figures from the well, and couldn't help but want to say a few sarcastic words. He was about to retort, but suddenly someone next to him said loudly:
"So according to Mr. Wang's meaning, today's position as the leader of the demon hunting alliance is not Mr. Wang?" Shu Hentian looked at him sideways, and the person who spoke was Bian Liansheng, the leader of the White Horse Gang of Jizhou Prefecture.
Wang Xingmin said: "Although I, Mr. Wang, was loved by all my martial arts fellows, has created some foundations in Cangzhou Prefecture, but after all, I am old and weak, and the position of the leader of the alliance is absolutely incompetent. What everyone is talking about today is a big deal. Is this position of the leader of the demon catching? Naturally, I have to find a young hero whose martial arts, virtues and prestige are far better than mine!"
Someone from the audience said, "Don't refuse Master Wang! If you say that even Master Wang is not competent, who else can competent?"
Another person next to him echoed: "Yes, Master Wang is a benevolent man and a hero, and is well-known in the martial arts world. As for martial arts, who else can be your opponent? Master Wang, don't refuse!"
Wang Xingmin waved his hand slightly and said, "Wang is grateful for the kindness of all the heroes, but the person I want to recommend today is really a great hero. His martial arts are ten times better than mine, Wang, and his character is obvious to all the people in the world. He became a famous swordsman at the age of thirteen, and he went north of the Yellow River at the age of seventeen, and killed 76 bandit leaders along the river in one year. All the people along the way applauded; at the age of nineteen, he made an appointment with the "Black Wind Seven Evils" who did all evil deeds, and killed these seven evil men with one person in Jinan Prefecture... He is the eldest disciple of my master, and Luoyang, known as the "Cangshan Mid Rain Sword" in the Jianghu!"
As soon as the word "Luoyang" was released, the audience was like a blowout. "I didn't expect that the young master Luoyang is really here!" "Luoyang is the most suitable person to be the leader of this demon hunting alliance." "Luoyang, the eldest disciple of Shaoshan, the largest sect in the world, is a hero that is rare in a century!"... Everyone talked, and they said and said, the atmosphere of this demon hunting conference suddenly became extremely active.
First, the reputation of this Shaoshan disciple Luoyang is too great, and most people in the world have admired him for a long time; second, Luoyang has been in seclusion since the war three years ago, and his footprints are rarely heard. It is said that although he killed the "Black Wind Seven Evils", he suffered a huge blow and had lost all his martial arts. Now, when he first heard about Luoyang's name, it was rumored that Luoyang will appear at the demon hunting conference tonight was real. For a moment, everyone in the audience was naturally extremely excited...
Shu Hentian, Xu Wubing, Zhu Wuneng sat quietly in the east head off the stage. Looking at the chaotic scene, Shu Hentian sneered and whispered to Xu and Zhu: "These fools, for a disciple of Shaoshan, can be so excited..."
Xu Wubing asked: "Can the Book Fairy know what kind of sect this young mountain is?"
Shu Hentian looked at Xu Wubing in confusion and said, "Boy, don't tell me that you have never heard of Shaoshan. People in the world know that the sects in the world have 'one tower, two mountains, three pavilions, and four gates' that are the sects of each sect. Among them, the 'two mountains' are 'Shu Mountain in the south and Shaoshan Mountain in the north'. There are no less than tens of millions of disciples under Shaoshan. Just the 'Four Outer Halls', 'Three Inner Courts', there are countless disciples..."
Zhu Wuneng asked in anger: "What are the 'Four Inner Halls' and 'Three Outer Halls'?"
Shu Hentian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Idiot! If you don't speak, no one will regard you as a mute! Shaoshan's 'Four Outer Hall' is the Hangzhou Fenshui Hall, Cangzhou Liehuo Hall, Bazhou Zhenlei Hall, Qinzhou Yufeng Hall..."
The three of them were talking softly, and suddenly saw a big banyan tree branch and leaves behind him trembled, and a young man jumped from the tree. The man turned around in the air, falling gracefully in the center of the wooden platform like a rainbow. Under the moonlight, the young man stood tall and stood with his shirt fluttering, as if a fairy was descending. Everyone suddenly saw this man falling from the sky, and his posture was so light and beautiful. He knew that he must be the disciple of Shaoshan Luoyang, and he applauded at the moment.
Shu Hentian secretly shouted "Shame" and thought to himself that this person was hiding in the banyan tree for half a day, but he had not noticed it at all. This person's skill is really unfathomable.
As soon as the young man landed, Wang Xingmin stepped forward and bowed and said, "Xingmin has seen the eldest brother!" The young man nodded slightly, which was considered to have returned the ceremony. Wang Xingmin immediately turned around and said to everyone, "This is my senior brother - the 'Cangshan Mid Rain Sword' Luoyang Master. If you have no objection to everyone here today, we will recommend the Luoyang Master as the leader of the demon hunting alliance. In the future, everyone will follow Luoyang Master together..."
Wang Xingmin was about to explain the strategy of forming an alliance to catch monsters, but suddenly a man stood up from the audience and said, "Let's wait!"
Chapter completed!