The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 147 Exploring Lingyun Cave

More than a month later, the order of the Tianxiahui to help the world and the people has spread to all sub-forums, and the list was posted quickly.

Although the gang members do not understand this order, the altar master and leaders can somewhat understand the benefits of this move to the Tianxiahui.

Thanks to Xiongba's uncompromising dominance, the members of the gang, whether they understand it or not, will do it, and they can only do it.

Those who are courageous and hairy, unwilling and unwilling to cooperate, someone will take care of them.

Fortunately, this order only emphasized the attitude towards the common people, and did not mention the martial arts people.

Obviously, this measure is only aimed at the common people, and it can do whatever it wants with the people in the martial arts world.

In short, it is eight words: Those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish.

This makes the world have resistance gang members, the number is not very large, only a few people who like to run amok and bully men and women will resist.

And that kind of person is useless to the world, it will only ruin the reputation of the world, and it is a good thing to get rid of it.

As long as it wins the hearts of the people and has the support of the people, the resistance of the people in the martial arts will become very weak.

The benefits of being loved by the people are huge.

First of all, in terms of public opinion, if the common people are full of praise and love for Tianxiahui, a chivalrous person like Wuming will no longer be hostile to Tianxiahui.

Secondly, taxes are easier to collect. With the help of the Tianxiahui, the people's life will become better and better, and as their families gradually have surplus food, they will be more willing to pay taxes.

Then the common people are willing to let their children join the Tianxiahui, so that the Tianxiahui has a foundation for inheritance from generation to generation.

With just these few items, Tianxiahui can easily build the most important foundation for a power. To sum it up, it is: someone who is rich has a reputation.

In addition, when the people love Tianxiahui wholeheartedly, and when people in the martial arts plot to deal with Tianxiahui, unless they avoid everyone, all the people in the world will become the eyes and ears of Tianxiahui.

Once you find out that you have bad intentions, someone will go to the sub-forum of the Tianxiahui to report the news within minutes.

As long as you are the enemy of the world, you will fall into the ocean of people's war, and you will only die in the end.

In addition to these obvious and visible benefits, there are many other hidden benefits, so I won't list them one by one.

When the preparatory work was basically completed and You Ruo's martial arts was almost ready, Dugu Fang of Wushuang City came to visit Tianxiahui with his son Dugu Ming.

The meeting this time was naturally not pleasant, Li Mu remained calm for the time being, and did not directly follow the previous idea to threaten him as Dugu's Xibei.

Because what Li Mu wants is to completely annex Wushuang City, not just a superficial surrender.

……

After Dugu Fang left, You Ruo was finally taken away from the small building in the middle of the lake by Li Mu. Under the name of Jian Wu, as his secretly trained disciple, he formally met with the members of the Tianxiahui.

On the first floor of the world, the three major disciples gathered with the leaders.

After Shan Hu, everyone turned their curious gazes to You Ruo who was standing beside Li Mu, and many of them showed amazement in their eyes.

Li Mudao: "Everyone, let me introduce to you, her name is Jian Wu, and she is a closed disciple that my gang leader has secretly cultivated over the years."

"Now that she has achieved something in her studies, the leader of the sect plans to let her be the head of the Anmin Hall, and take full responsibility for the affairs of the Tianxiahui to help the world and the people."

Regarding the meaning and mission of An Min Tang, as well as its importance to Tianxiahui, Li Mu has already made it clear to You Ruo these days.

You Ruo naturally has no objection, she is also very happy to do this.

After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at You Ruo again, and said with a smile, "Jian Wu, why don't you greet your three senior brothers?"

You Ruo clasped her fists to the three major disciples and said, "Jian Wu has met Senior Brother Shuang, Senior Brother Yun, and Senior Brother Feng. My little sister is new here, please take care of the three senior brothers."

"Hello, Junior Sister." The three of them also clasped their fists in return, Qin Shuang and Nie Feng both had smiles on their faces, and even Bu Jingyun was no longer so cold, although there was no smile, he was much gentler.

Li Mu looked at one person and called out, "Yang Zhen."

Yang Zhen, a Tai Chi expert who was born in Wudang, came out and clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate is here."

Li Mudao: "Lead your team to the Anmin Hall to help sword dance. With your team as the core, quickly form the hall, and the main altar helpers are up to you to choose."

Yang Zhendao: "Yes, my subordinates will definitely do their best to assist Hall Master Jian Wu."

Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "Shuang'er, Yun'er, Feng'er, and Duanlang stay here, and everyone else can do their own thing!"

"Subordinates retire."

Everyone retreated one after another, Wen Chouchou took You Ruo to the entrance that Li Mu had prepared for her, and Yang Zhen followed You Ruo by himself.

After everyone else had left, Li Mu looked at Bu Jingyun and said, "Yun'er, I have a task for you as a teacher."

Bu Jingyun clasped his fists and said, "Master please give me instructions."

Li Mudao: "More than sixty miles north of Xia Wang's Mansion, there is a mysterious ice cave, which hides a peerless swordsmanship secret book."

"The teacher wants you to set off immediately to retrieve the secret book. I don't know where the secret book is in the cave. You need to search for it yourself."

"Yes." Bu Jingyun has always been vigorous and resolute, he clasped his fists in response, then turned and left the hall, made some preparations and set off for Xia Wang's mansion.

Li Mu looked at Nie Feng and Duanlang again, and said, "Feng'er, Duanlang, you two and a team, follow me to Lingyun Grotto, search for some things, and you can also go to pay your respects by the way. father."

The two looked at each other, clasped their fists happily and said, "Yes."

Li Mu finally said to Qin Shuang: "Shuang'er, when the teacher is not in the gang, you will be in charge of the gang affairs. You can help Jianwu."

Qin Shuang cupped her fists and said, "I obey."

After finishing the arrangement, Li Mu got up and said, "Since that's the case, let's go down and get ready! We will set off tomorrow morning, try not to disturb the people in the martial arts world."

"Although the leader of this gang is not afraid of any trouble, the main purpose of this trip is to find the target I am looking for. I don't want to waste time."

"Yes."

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Before dawn the next morning, Li Mu took Nie Feng and Duanlang, along with fifty members of Shenfengtang and Duanlang, and rode southward on fast horses.

It's a long way to Lingyun Grotto, but fortunately, the southwest area belongs to the territory of the Tianxiahui. Every time we go to a city, there will be disciples from the altar who arrange food and lodging, and prepare replacement horses.

It didn't take long to travel thousands of miles, and arrived in half a month.

It is said that all living beings are suffering, so people are always yearning for methods and truths that can eliminate suffering in the world.

I hope that there are people with higher wisdom than myself who can save or enlighten me.

Therefore, there are all kinds of suffering in the world, and there are also all kinds of Buddhas born to overcome the suffering of all living beings.

There are countless Buddha statues in the world, but the largest one is the Leshan Giant Buddha.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is located in the west of Leshan, where the Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River converge.

According to legend, in the early years of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Zen master Haitong who wished to build a Buddha statue here to protect the safety of passing ships because he saw that the river was running fast and boats ran aground here from time to time.

This proposal was supported by all the people, and they began to build it. It took 90 years before the big Buddha statue was completed, and the monk Haitong had passed away long ago.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is actually a sitting statue of Maitreya Buddha. It is as high as the mountain, with the mountain on its back and the river facing it.

It is said that the pair of "Buddha eyes" on his face alone are more than five feet long, which shows how magnificent the Buddha statue itself is.

On the right of the top of the Leshan Giant Buddha, there is an ancient temple called the Great Buddha Temple, and a hundred feet away to the left of the Great Buddha Temple, there is another mountain villa called Duanjiazhuang.

It is Duanlang's home.

It's just that since Duan Shuai was captured by Huo Qilin and sent to Lingyun Cave, and Duan Lang joined Tianxiahui, Duanjiazhuang has completely declined, and Zhuangzi has also been abandoned.

Beside the entrance of Lingyun Grotto, two stone tablets stand side by side. On the tablets are respectively engraved "the tomb of the sword head Duan Shuai of Nanlin" and "the tomb of the Nieren king of the north Yin Kuangdao".

At this time, sacrifices had been placed in front of the stele, incense candles were lit, and Nie Feng and Duan Lang were burning paper money in front of their father's tombstone.

Standing behind the two, Li Mu looked at King Nie's tombstone and sighed, "Brother Nie, Brother Nie, back then you and I competed here, before the winner was decided, you encountered an accident and were killed by the fire demon. "

"The old man regards this matter as a regret in his life. Without Nanlin Sword Head and Beiyin Kuangdao, how many people are left in the world who can be regarded as my opponents? Do you know how lonely this old man is?"

Undoubtedly, these words were purely pretentious, for Nie Feng, Duanlang, and the fifty gang members behind them to listen to.

Back then Nie Fengshang was still young, and he didn't know the truth about the duel between Nie Renwang and Xiongba, he just thought it was a martial arts competition between ordinary martial arts masters.

Therefore, Nie Feng has never held any resentment towards Xiongba in his heart, but is extremely grateful for his kindness in nurturing and teaching him.

Li Mu then murmured: "Brother Duan, Brother Nie, your children are all outstanding people, I think I treat them well these years."

"Although Duanlang took some detours, fortunately he finally turned around in time and returned to the right path. This old man can be regarded as worthy of you two old opponents. You can rest in peace under the Nine Springs."

"Today, the old man is going to take the two children into the Lingyun Grotto to explore. If he meets the fire demon, he will avenge your blood. I hope you can keep the two children safe."

Li Mu muttered to himself with emotion, but Nie Feng and Duan Lang's eyes were reddened, and they were moved from the bottom of their hearts.

After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, and asked the fifty gang members, "Have you prepared enough dry food and water?"

Duanlang's subordinate Hong Yu clasped his fists and said: "Go back to the leader, everything is ready, enough to support five days' expenses."

"Yeah." Li Mu nodded in satisfaction. He didn't need to eat or drink. Even if he got lost and got trapped in Lingyun Grotto, his life wouldn't be in danger.

The big deal is to spend more time, and one day I will be able to figure out the terrain of Lingyun Grotto and find a way out.

But other people can't, without food and water, lost in Lingyun Grotto, they can't survive a week.

The reason why he had to bring Nie Feng and Duanlang with him to explore Lingyun Grotto this time was because he wanted to touch their protagonist's aura so that he could find what he wanted smoothly.

Duan Lang and Nie Feng did not dare to keep Li Mu waiting too long.

After burning the paper money quickly, Duanlang said a few words in front of the tombstone to express his determination, and at the same time expressed his loyalty to Li Mu, and followed Li Mu into Lingyun Grotto.

Less than a hundred feet away from entering Lingyun Cave, a sultry breath rushed towards him.

The temperature inside the cave is probably at least ten or twenty degrees higher than outside.

If an ordinary person enters, at most an hour, he will be passed out from the suffocation, and finally lose his life here.

Fortunately, the gang members who came here this time are all elites, and their skills are not weak. As long as they pay attention to replenishing water in time, there is no danger of their lives.

For some reason, the cave walls in Lingyun Grotto always emit a faint red light, so that even in the depths of the cave, it will not be completely dark, and the environment can basically be seen clearly.

It's just that the red light shines on the person, making the person feel like being beside the underground magma.

After entering the cave for about half an hour, everyone encountered a fork in the road, and there were three caves leading to different places.

Li Mu stood still in front of the fork in the road. Without his order, Nie Feng immediately asked his subordinates to take out a blank scroll, held it in his hand and unfolded it facing him. Another subordinate quickly prepared the pen and ink.

Nie Feng drew the route all the way here from the entrance, and the three fork holes in front of him on the scroll.

Due to the high temperature inside, the ink stains dry quickly.

Nie Feng did not put away the pen and ink, but let his subordinates hold it in their hands to replenish the water needed for the ink at any time, and the scrolls were also held in their hands.

After entering the fork, he will walk and paint all the way.

When Nie Feng was drawing the map, Li Mu mentioned a strand of true energy, and secretly used Tianshuang's boxing technique to turn this strand of true energy into the most yin and coldest.

The true essence, which is extremely yin and cold, will be more sensitive to the blazing fire.

Using this, he sensed which side of the fire emanating from the three caves was the most intense, because the direction of the more intense fire had a high probability of being where the fire unicorn was.

A chilly breath emanated from Li Mu's body, making Nie Feng Duanlang and the gang behind him feel a burst of coolness, and couldn't help but feel refreshed.

After a while, Li Mu looked towards the passage on the left and said, "Follow me."

When walking into the passage on the left, Li Mu casually slapped the cave entrance, leaving a deep palm print on the cave wall, and also drew a horizontal line under the palm print, which is a Chinese character.

When Nie Feng and Duanlang saw this, they immediately understood that they were making a mark to prevent them from getting lost in the future.

There is a map to record the places they have walked, and there are marks for reference. In this way, no matter how complicated the terrain in Lingyun Cave is, it is difficult for them to get lost.

Everyone couldn't help admiring Li Mu's meticulous thinking and rich experience in the world.

If they came by themselves, they might not be able to think of these very simple but extremely practical ways to avoid getting lost.

The Lingyun Grotto is like a big labyrinth, the deeper you go, the more forks will become. Occasionally, if you walk into a big cave, you will find that the cave is surrounded by openings, which can be described as extending in all directions.

A group of people wandered around in the cave, and Nie Feng drew more and more maps. Fortunately, the scroll is long enough, otherwise it might not be able to draw.

After wandering around in the cave for a long time, when they reached a big cave again, Li Mu asked the helpers who were in charge of timing: "How long has it been?"

The group said: "It will take less than three hours to return to the leader."

His way of timing is to light incense. There are three types of incense used for timing, which are half an hour (one hour), half an hour and five minutes.

At this time, they are naturally using the largest size, the kind that sticks of incense for half an hour.

The group had already burned six sticks of incense and lit the seventh stick, but because they were walking, the incense would burn a little faster, so he estimated it would be less than three hours.

Li Mu nodded and said, "Let's take a rest here, eat something and drink some water, and continue to sleep after an hour..."

"what……"

Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly exclaimed, and then someone reported: "Tell the leader, there is a skeleton here."

"Oh?" Li Mu's spirit was lifted. In Lingyun Grotto, as long as you encounter a skeleton, you will be rewarded.

Li Mu led Nie Feng and Duanlang over there, and it turned out that it was a cave dug out from the cave wall.

From a distance, it looks like a cave, but when you get closer, you can see that it is a cave, not the intersection of a road.

In the cave, leaning against the cave wall, there was a skeleton. The flesh and blood had long since disappeared, leaving only a white bone.

Duan Lang's eyes suddenly fixed, he squatted down and pulled out a ring from the skeleton finger.

After seeing the shape of the ring, Duanlang bent his legs and knelt down on the ground, crying sadly: "Father, the child is unfilial, I finally found you."

Li Mu asked, "Duanlang, are you sure this is your father?"

After Duan Lang kowtowed his head, he stood up, held up the ring, and said sadly: "This subordinate is very sure, because this ring is the symbol of my broken family and Patriarch."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's take your father's remains out for burial in a while! Let him be buried in peace."

Duanlang cupped his fists and bowed, gratefully said: "Thank you, Chief."

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sadly, since your father is here, I believe the Fire Scale Sword is nearby, so look for it carefully."

Duanlang's eyes lit up, it makes sense!

　Leave notice, I have something to go to the countryside on the 16th, and I need to ask for a day off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)