Turning around, ten leaders of the Mingjiao Five Sans and the Five Elements Banner came to the "Lianlian Village" together.
It turns out that the Five Elements Flag is stationed under the Guangming Peak of Kunlun Mountain, but Monk Peng, Peng Yingyu, Cold-faced Master Leng Qian, and Zhou Dian among the Wusan people are not in the Western Regions.
Taoist Tieguan and Monk Budai made another long trip to invite them together because of a certain idea in their minds. This took nearly a month.
After greeting each other, Hu Long took out the animal skin letter again and gave it to the five flag bearers Zhuang Zheng, Wen Cangsong, Tang Yang, Xin Ran, and Yan Yuan to open and read together.
When the five people unfolded the animal skin and looked at it, they first confirmed that it was indeed Xie Xun's handwriting based on the handwriting and the signature monogram at the end of the letter, and then looked at the content of the letter.
In the letter, Xie Xun briefly described his experience of drifting to the "Ice and Fire Island". Then he said that Taoist Hu Yuan had cured his illness so that the five brothers did not have to worry. Finally, he solemnly warned that Taoist Hu Yuan was determined to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, and the five brothers should give their full support to them. On the one hand, they would repay the great kindness on their behalf, and on the other hand, they would also practice the teachings of Mingjiao that the blazing holy fire illuminates the world.
After the five flag bearers looked at it several times, they made brief eye contact with each other and bowed down together in front of Hu Yuan.
"Why do you five do this!"
Hu Long hurriedly returned the gift, and then helped the five people up.
The flag bearer of the "Ruijin Banner" Zhuang Zheng cupped his hands and said: "The Taoist Master is the benefactor of King Xie Shi. He is also the benefactor of my 'Five Elements Flag'. He deserves to be worshiped by my brother."
Yan Yuanze, the flag bearer of Houtu Banner, said: "I am waiting for this bow. One is to thank the Taoist Master for his kindness to the Lion King, and the other is to express my respect. Since the disappearance of Leader Yang, we've been carrying the Five Elements Flag "We are the backbone of our religion, but we can only watch our brothers from all over the Central Plains fighting against the Tatars one after another, while we can only stay in the Western Regions and do nothing, and we have long been filled with anger. Now that I have Xie Shiwang's order, We are all willing to follow the Taoist Master and fight against the violent element together!"
Hu Yuan bowed his hands to the five of them, his face full of joy: "It is really a good fortune for me to have all these heroes join me in this righteous deed."
While they were congenial and happy, a loud cry suddenly came from the Wusan people.
When everyone looked back, it was Zhou Dian, who looked like a beggar with unkempt hair, beating his chest, crying bitterly, and wailing: "Master Yang, I am sorry that you died too early, which caused the Ming sect to be torn apart and people's hearts dispersed. Now you are the one who planned the establishment of Yili Temple." The 'Five Elements Flag' who is my confidant is going to apostatize!"
"Zhou Dian, what kind of bullshit are you talking about!"
Xin Ran, the flag bearer of the "Fire Flag", also had a fiery temperament. At that time, he became furious and shouted harshly,
"I, 'Five Elements Flag', am loyal to the Ming Cult. I can learn from the sun and the moon. Your dog's eyes will betray us if you see us?"
Zhou Dian stopped crying, rolled his strange eyes and said, "You keep saying that you want to follow this Taoist Hu Yuan, but where do you put our Ming Cult?"
Tang Yang, the flag bearer of the "Flood Flag" patiently explained: "Xie Shiwang is the direct superior of the Five Elements Banner. Now that Master Yang is dead, why shouldn't we follow Xie Shiwang's orders? What's more, fight against Yuan Mengnai. It is a matter for the people of the world, not for my Mingjiao family. Taoist priest’s martial arts knowledge is highly praised by King Xie Shi, and his actions since joining the world are obvious to all. We follow him, not only for the sake of opposing the Yuan Dynasty, but also for the sake of being out of trouble. Out of admiration for him, I still worship Mingzun and worship the Holy Fire."
"Fart, stinky fart, it stinks!" Zhou Dian yelled, "If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. This is a truth that even a three-year-old child understands. On the one hand, you want to follow Taoist Hu Long, but on the other hand, you say that you are still a member of the Ming Cult. . I just want to ask you one question, if I, the Ming Cult, have a leader in the future and order you to return to serve in the religion, will you return?"
The five palm flags looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.
Hu Long just smiled and said nothing, seemingly not minding Zhou Dian's trouble in front of him.
After a while, Zhuang Zheng asked angrily: "You, Zhou Dashan, have said so many weird things, do you have any wise ideas?"
"Of course you have good ideas." Zhou Dian said proudly, "I will teach you to be a good boy. Since your name is not correct, your words will not be correct. You only need to correct the name of Taoist Hu Yuan and ask him to join our Mingjiao. Then everyone will be successful. As a family, let’s not call you the ‘Five Elements Flag’, even we, the Five Scatters, are willing to follow him to fight the Tatars!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and then all their eyes fell on Hu Long.
Hu Long looked around at the crowd, smiled casually, and cupped his hands and said: "When Pindao was on the Ice and Fire Island, he discussed the teachings of your religion with King Xie Shi in detail. The principles of 'doing good and avoiding evil, and making all living beings equal' advocated by your religion are, in fact, It is also very similar to Buddhism and Taoism. Although Pindao worships Sanqing, he does not exclude joining Mingjiao."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.
They had discussed it beforehand and felt deeply that the Mingjiao was divided due to the disappearance of Yang Dingtian. They had to support a great hero who was not inferior to him in martial arts skills as the leader in order to reunite people's hearts, and he turned out to be a great benefactor to the Mingjiao. Hu Long is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.
Therefore, they planned in advance to let Zhou Dian, who had always been outspoken, come forward to sing in harmony with the five flag bearers, leading Hu Long to express his attitude.
Of course, Hu Yuan also understood the "justifiable" truth. To control the power of Mingjiao, one must first become a member of Mingjiao, and he was just following the trend.
Both parties were very happy, and Hu Yuan arranged a banquet to entertain everyone. Although he was still a member of the Ming Cult, the wine used for the banquet was taken from his own jasper gourd.
At the banquet, Wu San and the five flag-bearing envoys elected Hu Yuan as the chief, and ten of them were arranged on the two wings to accompany them.
After the food and wine were placed, ten people took turns toasting to Hu Long with large bowls.
The heroes of the world have the style of eating meat and drinking wine from large bowls. Especially in the remote and bitter cold of Guangmingding Peak, in order to maintain body heat and avoid freezing to death, the Mingjiao General Forum has not only abolished the canon rule of not eating meat and fish, but also supplies spirits to keep the members warm all year round. Over time, a large number of alcoholics were cultivated.
Even if Hu Yun fought with one against ten, he would not lose his arrogance. He would never reject anyone who came, and his wine would be drained until the bowl was dry.
After several rounds of drinking, the ten members of the Mingjiao were more or less drunk. Looking at Hu Long, his eyes were still clear. Except for a slight blush on his face, it was completely impossible to tell that he had drunk more than ten kilograms of strong liquor. look.
The ten people were also innate realm martial arts masters, and they all saw that Hu Long did not use his cultivation to cheat to force the drink out of the body from the beginning to the end, but actually used wine to meet friends with sincerity.
After drinking for three rounds, everyone talked about taking out the remains of Yang Dingtian from the Guangmingding secret passage.
Peng Yingyu said: "Now the person with the highest status in our sect is Yang Xiao, the Zuo Envoy of Light, and the second most important person is Wei Yixiao, King of Green Winged Bats. What we have to do is no small matter, especially since the secret passage is a forbidden area for our sect, and no one except the leader can do so." Those who enter will die. To avoid disputes, we always need to discuss it with the two of them."
Everyone looked at Hu Long, knowing in their hearts that the deeper meaning of this matter was to take the opportunity to reaffirm the title of the leader of the Ming Cult.
Hu Long smiled and said, "In that case, we will go to the Zuowang Peak together tomorrow and seek Yang Zuoshi's opinion first."
