"Haha, I knew I couldn't hide it from the Taoist Master!"
Following a laugh like the roar of a blue dragon, a figure floated in from outside the village wall and landed in front of Hu Long and Qiu Wu.
Hu Long has the subtle realm of a great master, and also possesses the power of "seeing from the sky and hearing from the earth". His observation of people is no longer limited to their superficial appearance.
Therefore, although the person who came was tall and tall, with a rosy complexion and a long beard, and looked to be in his forties, Hu Yuan knew that he must be over sixty years old, and he only looked much younger because of his superb cultivation.
And this old man was also a great master who was very subtle. He also saw that Hu Yuan was far from being as young as his appearance, but he couldn't tell his specific age. In addition, after seeing Hu Yuan's exquisite fire control skills, he became more and more sure. This is a Taoist master with good looks, so he treats Hu Long as a peer in his words and deeds.
Hu Long smiled and bowed his head: "Blessed is the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord. Hu Long is a poor Taoist. His Taoist name is Tai Puzi. I have met the old gentleman."
The old man also raised his hands and returned the courtesy and said: "It's easy to say, I'm an old man from Guanxi Zhou Dong."
Of course Hu Long knew this name, and since this old man had the cultivation level of a great master, this Zhou Tong must be the Zhou Tong he knew.
However, he had seen countless "celebrities" like this in his several lifetimes. He had already passed the stage of being surprised. At that time, he just said a normal polite sentence: "It turns out to be the 'Iron-Armed Hero' Old Hero Zhou. sorry."
Qiu Wu on the side suddenly shone with eyes, bowed his head and said: "Little man Qiu Wu, pay homage to the old hero Zhou!"
Zhou Tong pulled him up with one hand and photographed the "Morning Dew Sword" that fell on the ground with the other hand. He sighed: "The little brother wearing the 'Morning Dew Sword' must be the descendant of Qiu Jie, the 'Nine Present Cloud Dragon'? "
Qiu Wu couldn't bow, so he could only bow respectfully and reply: "To answer the old hero's words, Qiu Jie is my father."
Zhou Tong inserted the long sword back into the scabbard behind Qiu Wu's back, then patted his left shoulder with his hand and said with a smile: "'Jiuxian Yunlong' is a well-known man, and his son is also very clear about grievances and grievances." , can be said to be heroic and chivalrous, with the same lineage."
After being praised by Zhou Tong, Qiu Wu was surprised and frightened at the same time. He hurriedly bowed again and said: "The old hero is so praised, how dare you be a villain?"
Zhou Tong said sternly: "My little brother is willing to go deep into the tiger's den to face the bandits in order to repay the favor of a meal. This is the true character of a man. But you can't just rely on your passion when traveling in the world. You must always make a decision before taking action in order to keep yourself useful. , do more good things.
"Take this incident as an example. Since you want to attack this group of thieves, you should make some efforts to find out their details. When it comes to taking action, you should not hit the door directly. There are many people on the other side and they are extremely vicious. Disciple, you don’t have to stick to the rules of the world, you might as well use some sneak attack and assassination methods to cut off the wings, and then annihilate its leader."
Qiu Wu scratched his scalp and bowed a little shyly: "He is a villain. One of his barbaric attacks did not give him enough time to think deeply. In the future, he should strictly follow the teachings of the old hero."
Zhou Tong likes to support juniors the most. Seeing that this boy's talent and character are both excellent, he initially took care of him.
Although he himself was old and troubled at the moment, and had no plans to accept any more apprentices, he could introduce him to find a future with his two apprentices.
But at this moment, Hu Yuan took the first step to save Qiu Wu. Before he knew whether this Taoist master also appreciated Qiu Wu and wanted to help him, he couldn't say more to avoid ruining the child's chances.
Because the place was full of bandits who were dying in horrible conditions, there was really no place to talk, so the three of them met and left the village together, and went to another secluded place at the foot of the mountain to talk in detail.
Zhou Tong first asked about Hu Yuan's origins. After all, with his experience, he didn't know that there was such a Taoist master who was good at controlling fire. It was a strange thing.
After several lives, Hu Yuan was accustomed to hiding his background and telling lies. Even if he fabricated a perfect life story that was reasonable but unverifiable, it was nothing more than straying into the mountains when he was young, chance encounters with the legacy of previous sages, and practicing Buddhism for decades. Because I feel that my cultivation has reached a bottleneck, I am very quiet and thinking about going out to the mountains and walking on the road to accumulate external skills.
Although Zhou Tong may not believe everything, he does believe it 70% to 80%. The remaining 20% to 30% doubt is not because he has discovered any flaw, but out of the caution of a veteran.
Later, Hu Long also asked why Zhou Tong appeared here.
When Zhou Tong heard this, he sighed and said: "In the past, the Song and Liao countries were engaged in endless wars. Twenty years ago, the former emperor of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Hongji, was reborn and had the ambition to mobilize the whole country and go south to destroy the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, the great hero Xiao Feng Together with his two sworn brothers, Xu Zhuzi, the master of the Lingjiu Palace, Duan Yu, the Emperor of Dali, and many martial arts heroes from the Central Plains, they captured Yelu Hongji alive in the midst of thousands of troops, and forced him to swear an oath not to raise troops against the Song Dynasty as long as he lived. .”
"Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu, Duan Yu..."
These three names are equally familiar to Hu Yuan.
He had previously remembered Qiu Wu and the origin of the "Morning Dew Sword". Later he met Zhou Tong and had some grasp of the world and era he was in. Only now did he realize that the world was far from what he thought. So simple.
Zhou Tong added: "Because Xiao Feng was a Khitan himself and had been friends with Yelu Hongji for eight years, he hated himself for being disloyal to the Liao Kingdom and unjust to his sworn brother, even though he had eliminated the scourge of war and benefited the common people, so he committed suicide in front of the battle. On the one hand, Yelu Hongji was trapped by his oath, and on the other hand, he injured Xiao Feng and died. Throughout his life, he really never used weapons rashly.
"It's just that the military and national plans cannot be pinned on one person's thoughts. At that time, I was thinking that if Yelu Hongji would change his mind and start attacking the Song Dynasty again, wouldn't he catch the Song Dynasty, which was gradually getting used to enjoying peace, by surprise? So from then on, every day, every Every three to five years, I will secretly sneak into the Liao Kingdom to see if Yelu Hongji has any intention of starting another war."
After hearing this, Hu Long couldn't help but admire the other party's courage even if he didn't necessarily agree with the other party's approach.
Although he guessed that there might be heavenly beings who had reached the realm of Tongxuan in this world, he also believed that they must suppress the fate of a country, like nuclear weapons in later generations. It is the top level of force in the conventional sense of all parties.
Song and Liao had been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and they had accumulated too much hatred between each other. If the Liao State learned that a great master of the Song State had sneaked into the country, or even went deep into the capital or even the palace to spy on him, he would definitely be surrounded and suppressed at all costs.
It can be seen from this that this old man not only developed a pair of iron arms like the legend of later generations, but was also born with a heart of iron courage.
But Zhou Tong said again: "When Yelu Hongji died and the new king Yelu Yanxi came to the throne, it was obvious that he was an ignorant lord who loved hunting and was greedy for luxury. I am afraid that he will never have the ambition to annex the Song Dynasty. So I was lazy and rested for a few more years. It was not until this year that I was very restful and rested, so I went to Liao Kingdom again, but I didn't want to cause trouble this time..."
