Chapter 956: Scheming
When the name of the "magic gun" spread throughout the world, Su Yi once again used the "makeup technique" to disguise his five people as a escort team, and swaggered back along the official road.
He and Dongfang Bubai were right. Although Zuo Lengchan suffered a serious injury, he estimated that Dongfang Bubai and Su Yi were at their weakest at this time. If they could seize the opportunity to kill these two people, they would be able to eliminate the trouble forever.
And if they succeeded, the huge losses caused this time could also be made up.
Zuo Lengchan acted very quickly. As the leader of the Five Mountains, he had a wide range of friends and had friends and confidants everywhere in the world.
He recruited soldiers and horses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and soon gathered more than a dozen masters, and marched towards Qiantang.
He and Su Yi's "escort" team met on the left side of the road, but unfortunately a group of more than ten riders rushed past without even looking at Su Yi and others.
Naturally, they came up empty-handed, and then immediately dispersed and went back to search. During this period, they met Su Yi once again, but they were like blind people, and they didn't recognize each other.
In fact, it's not his fault. How could he have thought that there was such a "change of appearance" disguise in the world?
Su Yi and the other five people completely changed their faces, and even used clothes to change their body shapes. It would be strange if Zuo Lengchan could recognize them.
Zuo Lengchan wanted to kill Dongfang Bubai and Su Yi, and Su Yi also wanted to kill him to eliminate future troubles?
But Dongfang Bubai was injured and couldn't do it, and he couldn't easily use his internal strength. He had little chance of winning if he forced his move.
Not to mention that Zuo Lengchan didn't know where he got so many masters, and they were not made of clay. After thinking about it, Su Yi decided to hold back.
It wasn't just Zuo Lengchan who wanted to take the opportunity to kill Su Yi and Dongfang Bubai.
When Su Yi was on the official road, he often encountered some Taoist priests riding by and some people in strange clothes. No one knew where these people came from, which made the official road very lively.
These people were obviously looking for someone. They checked Su Yi back and forth for no less than ten times, but no one found any clues.
Faced with such a situation, Su Yi did nothing. He just hurried on the road every day, not in a hurry, not fast or slow, without any changes or abnormalities.
But he knew that the peaceful days would not last long.
There were only so many travelers on the official road from Qiantang to Heimu Cliff. After these people searched everywhere without success, even if they used the dumbest method to screen, they would sooner or later screen out the five of them.
This was indeed the case. The people who wanted to find Su Yi and his party searched all the land and water routes from Qiantang to the north, and even deviated from the official road to the nearby towns and villages, but they failed to do so. So they began to focus their attention on some people who had already been found but ignored by them.
Although Su Yi expected this result, he still didn't worry much.
Because he was not a lone ranger, there was a huge monster behind him - the Sun and Moon Sect.
As early as when Su Yi left Meizhuang, he sent a pigeon to Heimuya, and ordered Jia Bu, who was temporarily in power, and Tong Baixiong, the temporary supervisor appointed by him, to lead most of their troops to Ludi and Henan, and to attack the righteous sects and start a war.
Under such military deterrence, how could Zuo Lengchan, Shaolin and Wudang dare to search for the whereabouts of Dongfang Bubai and Su Yi here?
They had to hurry back to prevent their old nest from being destroyed.
Ten days after the battle of Meizhuang, Zuo Lengchan was the first to give up the search for Dongfang Bubai's whereabouts. He withdrew with more than ten masters he had recruited.
The failure of the battle of Meizhuang dealt a heavy blow to Zuo Lengchan's prestige.
When he escaped from Meizhuang, Fangzheng had an arm broken. He thought Fangzheng would definitely die in Meizhuang, so he planned to put all the blame on Fangzheng and get himself out of it.
But he didn't expect that the old monk actually escaped alive, and revealed the inside story of the battle to the outside world before him.
Naturally, no one doubted that what the Shaolin abbot said was false. At this time, Zuo Lengchan jumped out and argued with Fangzheng, which would not only fail to pass the buck, but also further question his character, so he had to give up.
So Zuo Lengchan's plan to pass the buck was shattered.
Since he couldn't pass the buck, he could only make up for it.
So Zuo Lengchan spared no effort in searching for the whereabouts of Dongfang Bubai and Su Yi in the past ten days, hoping to "pick up a loophole" and kill Dongfang Bubai to make up for his mistakes.
But now, seeing the Sun Moon Sect's large group approaching Songshan, and he and a dozen masters running around every day, but couldn't even touch the shadow of Dongfang Bubai, Zuo Lengchan realized with disappointment that his wish to remedy the situation would also be in vain.
In fact, among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, only the Taishan Sect is busy fighting for power and fleeing with the sect, and has not yet expressed its position on the death of Tianmen Taoist and Tiansong Taoist. The other sects have expressed their hatred and indignation against the Demon Sect, as well as their dissatisfaction and doubts about him, the Great Alliance Leader Zuo.
As the leader of the Five Mountains, you personally led the team to lead such a big action, but the result was almost annihilation!
Except for you, Zuo Lengchan, the leaders of the other four sects all died in this battle. Who will bear this responsibility?
Master Dingjing of the North Mountain Hengshan and Liu Zhengfeng of the South Mountain Hengshan have publicly expressed doubts about Zuo Lengchan, and claimed that this matter must be investigated to the end and will never be let go.
Ning Zhongze of the Huashan Sect was also busy attending to the funeral of his late husband and did not say much. However, according to Zuo Lengchan's understanding, privately Ning Zhongze hated him to the core, even more than the Demon Sect.
Ning Zhongze's original words to his disciples were: "The battle between good and evil is a matter of life and death. No matter who wins, you can't blame anyone else. But the incompetence of one general exhausted the three armies. Zuo Lengchan gathered the strongest forces of the righteous sects to defeat a Dongfang was undefeated, but was defeated miserably by others. The leaders of the four major sects were eliminated in one battle. Such a shocking tragedy has been rare since ancient times. Is this what Zuo Lengchan did as the leader of the alliance? ?”
Zuo Lengchan had murderous intentions towards Ning Zhongze who said these words. He originally planned to let this woman live, but now he found out that this woman actually hated him, so he couldn't keep her.
But that's a story for another day. Now Zuo Lengchan had to give up the search and hunt for Dongfang Bubai and return to Songshan to deal with the threat of a large-scale invasion by the demon sect.
He once again issued an order from the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, hoping to gather all the sects and sects to Songshan to discuss the fight against the Demon Sect, and also invited the Shaolin and Wudang sects.
In fact, long before Zuo Lengchan withdrew, the Taoist priests who were searching for Su Yi and others had long since disappeared.
The origins of these Taoist priests are obvious - besides Wudang Chongxu, who else can command the Taoist people in the world?
Unlike Zuo Lengchan, Taoist Chongxu had actually locked onto the whereabouts of Su Yi and his group of five, but gave up the pursuit in the end.
After Taoist Chongxu escaped from Meizhuang that day, he deeply felt that he and Fang Zheng had made a big mistake, that is, they underestimated Dongfang Bubai and misjudged Yang Lianting!
Dongfang Bubai's martial arts is unpredictable, Yang Lianting is cunning, and he has learned the evil skill "Star Absorbing Technique". Who can beat the combination of these two?
Is Zuo Lengchan his opponent?
Absolutely not!
If Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting have the ambition to take over the world of martial arts, it will be a disaster!
Would they be so ambitious?
It's hard to say!
Dongfang Bubai had been out of action for twelve years. Chongxu and Fang Zheng once thought that Zuo Lengchan was unstoppable, and even planned to find another opponent for Zuo Lengchan.
But the result?
As soon as Dongfang Bubai came down from the mountain, eight masters of the righteous martial arts were killed, including four masters.
How could such Dongfang Bubai still regard him as a useless existence?
Not to mention that now there is "Magic Spear" Yang Lianting showing off his talents. These two are a perfect match. Who can beat the upright one?
Chongxu seemed to see a huge wave of blood rushing up Wudang Mountain. He even had to correct this mistake, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
So after escaping from Meizhuang, he first received the Fang Zheng who also "escaped from death". He was immediately ecstatic and felt that "I am not alone", completely forgetting the scene where he left Fang Zheng and escaped alone.
Fang Zheng didn't mention this, and he didn't even care about his broken arm. He felt that he was just a piece of shit that would be thrown away sooner or later, so why should he care?
However, Fang Zheng has a different view on the worry about Chongxu.
"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and Dongfang Invincible and Yang Lianting will fight each other sooner or later." Fang Zheng made this judgment, "Just like Ren Woxing and Dongfang Invincible back then, only one of them can exist."
"Great monk, although we misjudged Yang Lianting, his relationship with Dongfang Bubai should be good." Chongxu expressed doubts, "If they have that kind of relationship, they will only work together and deal with the outside world."
"Since ancient times, fame and wealth have moved people's hearts," Fang Zheng said calmly, "let alone enemies, even father and son would turn against each other. Before, Yang Lianting had no martial arts skills and was mediocre and incompetent, so he naturally did not pose a threat to Dongfang Bubai. But now, he has They are on an equal footing with Dongfang Bubai. As long as one of them is wary and hostile to the other, the struggle between them will be inevitable and unstoppable, and one of them will have to fall."
"I think you take it for granted, don't you?" Chongxu frowned, "Without Dongfang Bubai's support and help, Yang Lianting would never have been able to learn the star-absorbing technique of letting me do it, and absorb his lifelong skills. Dongfang Bubai Being able to defeat Ren Woxing in the past is enough to prove that he is not a fool. "
"As long as he is wary of Yang Lianting, he will never be stupid enough to turn his lover into an enemy."
"Amitabha, no matter how powerful Dongfang Bubai's martial arts is, he is still a mortal. How can he break through the barriers of knowledge and vision?" Fang Zhengdao said, "As the saying goes, at this moment, at that moment, even if Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting are connected and have no suspicion, how can they Knowing that there won’t be any gaps in the future?”
Chongxu groaned slightly, his brows widened: "You are right, great monk, but that is all a matter for the future. Now Dongfang Bubai and Yang Lianting are both seriously injured. If we can take the opportunity to get rid of one of them, the situation in this world will be different." It’s clearer, at least for you and me, that there is still peace for twenty years.”
"I plan to hunt down Dongfang Bubai, great monk. Let's all use our own hands and work together! You have Shaolin lay disciples all over the world, so you can't be lazy."
Fang Zhengdao: "I blame myself for nothing. It's just that the Demon Cult invaded in a large scale. This matter is not trivial. I have to rush back to Shaoshi Mountain to take charge of the overall situation. I can't stay here with you."
"Even if you want to stay, I don't dare to keep you." Chongxu sighed, "Great monk, although you have an open-minded Zen mind, it is still the pain of a broken arm. Go back and recuperate. I'll leave the matters here to you. I'm here, you just need to let your lay disciples listen to my orders."
Fang Zhengdao: "On the way back, I will ask them to help you find out the news."
After Fang Zheng left, Chongxu immediately called on Taoists from all over the country to search for Dongfang Bubai's whereabouts.
And Fangzheng did not break his promise, and immediately called on the lay disciples of Shaolin Temple in Jiangnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to search everywhere.
The two martial arts masters have extraordinary foundations. Now one is open and the other is secretly working together to find people, and the efficiency is naturally extraordinary.
Soon they discovered the abnormality of Su Yi's group of five pretending to be an escort agency, and confirmed that there was something wrong with this group of five people.
Then through the route they traveled and the comparison of the number of people, they locked in their huge suspicion.
Although the appearance of the five people is completely different from Dongfang Bubai and others, excluding all impossibilities, the remaining one may be impossible, and it is very likely to be the final fact.
Chongxu was overjoyed after locking the whereabouts of Dongfang Bubai and Su Yi, and immediately gathered people to organize an ambush.
But something went wrong at this time.
The lay disciples of Shaolin Temple did not participate!
They did not listen to Chongxu's command at all. After finding Dongfang Bubai's whereabouts, they immediately chose to withdraw without hesitation.
No matter how Chongxu persuaded them with righteousness or profit, it was useless.
Chongxu realized that something was wrong and immediately sent three pigeons to Fangzheng, hoping to get the support of Shaolin.
But the three letters were like mud and the sea, and there was no news.
After calmly thinking about the whole thing, Chongxu understood one thing, that is, Fangzheng did not intend to let Shaolin Temple participate in the pursuit of Dongfang Bubai.
Chongxu did not know the reason, but he did not think about it, and directly asked all his people to withdraw. He left Jiangnan without hesitation and returned to Wudang Mountain.
Wudang Mountain was breached by the Demon Cult twice, and the Zhenwu Sword and "Taijiquan Sutra" were stolen. From the head elders to the disciples and servants, countless people were killed and injured.
But why has Wudang Sect not declined for decades, but is still one of the masters of martial arts and remains standing?
Wudang's reputation and heritage are certainly one reason, but there is another very important reason - not competing!
The so-called not competing does not mean lying flat, but "competing without competing".
Wudang does not compete for the title of the world's number one, but just makes friends, hides behind Shaolin Temple, and follows closely.
Wudang absolutely supports what Shaolin Temple wants to do.
Wudang will never participate in what Shaolin Temple does not do.
Let Shaolin be the world's number one, and Wudang will be the world's second, or even the world's third, which is good enough.